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Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village
Generations of Change
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In Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village: Generations of Change, Nancy W. Jabbra addresses change in women's and gender roles in a village in Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Employing ethnographic methods and secondary sources, she explores that change from the post-World War II period to the early twenty-first century. The topics of geography and power, family and kinship, education and work, community solidarity, ritual and symbolism, and consideration of the future comprise the substantive part of her monograph. This work is a much-needed comprehensive treatment of women in a contemporary Arab Christian rural community.
Nancy W. Jabbra, Ph.D. (1975), Catholic University of America, is Professor Emeritus of Women's and Gender Studies at Loyola Marymount University. She has published extensively on Middle East studies, women's and gender studies, and, most recently, vernacular religion in Lebanon.
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Al-Firzul in Context
â1âBefore the Nineteenth Century
â2âThe Nineteenth Century to the End of World War I
â3âPost World War I to World War II
â4âWorld War II
â5âThe Post-World War II Period
â6âThe Village during the 1970s
â7âThe Civil War
â8âAfter the Civil War: The 1990s
â9âThe 2000s
â10âConclusion
3 Women, Gender, and Families
â1âKinship and Residence
â2âViews about Marriage
â3âFinding a Spouse
â4âAge at Marriage
â5âFamily Structure and Size
â6âConclusion
4 Women, Education, and Work
â1âEducation
â2âWork
â3âSummary and Conclusion
5 Gender and Community
â1âKinship
â2âOrganizations
â3âGovernance and Institutions
â4âThe Internet
â5âSummary and Conclusion
6 Gender Symbolism in Ritual
â1âOrigins of First Communion in al-Firzul
â2âFirst Communion in 1973
â3âPost-Civil War First Communion Observance
â4âWeddings in 1972â1973
â5âWeddings Post-Civil War
â6âFunerals in the 1970s
â7âFunerals Post-Civil War
â8âWomenâs Practice of Vernacular Religion: Subverting the Gender Hierarchy
â9âConclusion
7 Conclusion
â1âSummary
â2âSome Portraits: A Glimpse of the Future?
References
1 Introduction
2 Al-Firzul in Context
â1âBefore the Nineteenth Century
â2âThe Nineteenth Century to the End of World War I
â3âPost World War I to World War II
â4âWorld War II
â5âThe Post-World War II Period
â6âThe Village during the 1970s
â7âThe Civil War
â8âAfter the Civil War: The 1990s
â9âThe 2000s
â10âConclusion
3 Women, Gender, and Families
â1âKinship and Residence
â2âViews about Marriage
â3âFinding a Spouse
â4âAge at Marriage
â5âFamily Structure and Size
â6âConclusion
4 Women, Education, and Work
â1âEducation
â2âWork
â3âSummary and Conclusion
5 Gender and Community
â1âKinship
â2âOrganizations
â3âGovernance and Institutions
â4âThe Internet
â5âSummary and Conclusion
6 Gender Symbolism in Ritual
â1âOrigins of First Communion in al-Firzul
â2âFirst Communion in 1973
â3âPost-Civil War First Communion Observance
â4âWeddings in 1972â1973
â5âWeddings Post-Civil War
â6âFunerals in the 1970s
â7âFunerals Post-Civil War
â8âWomenâs Practice of Vernacular Religion: Subverting the Gender Hierarchy
â9âConclusion
7 Conclusion
â1âSummary
â2âSome Portraits: A Glimpse of the Future?
References
Academic libraries, national and large urban libraries, scholars and graduate students, and general readers. Those with interests in Middle East studies, women's and gender studies, Lebanon, and Christianity in the Arab world.