Provides a new and original analysis on how Lebanese francophone women authors wrote about the Lebanese civil war The first book to study the intersection between narrative studies or narratology, trauma and gender in the context of non-western literature Examines Lebanese francophone novels by first- and second-generation women writers from the 1970s to today Explores novels that have never been studied before or received very little attention Offers in-depth analysis of theories and literary analysis Advances new theories on the body, narratology, and trauma Writers in contemporary Lebanon stand at the crossroads of challenging and often violent dynamics in a multi-ethnic postcolonial society where competing cultural and political forces present specific and pressing problems for women. This book examines French-language narratives published between the 1970s and the present day by Lebanese women writers focusing on the civil war of 1975-1991. Drawing on a corpus of writings by V nus Khoury-Ghata, Etel Adnan, Evelyne Accad, Andr e Chedid, Hyam Yared, and Georgia Makhlouf, some of which has previously received little or no scholarly attention, the book examines in innovative ways the use of distinctive narrative forms to address inter-linked questions of violence, war trauma, and gender relations.

About the Author
Mireille Rebeiz is Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dickinson College. She is also contributing faculty to the Middle Eastern Studies Program. She earned her Ph.D. in Francophone Studies from Florida State University in the United States and a master's degree in International Law and Human Rights from Universit de Rouen in France. Her research focuses on war, trauma, and gender issues in the Levant and North Africa. She published several articles in French and English in peer-reviewed American and international journals.

Reviews
"This is an unusual approach to the literature; innovative and creatively conducted. The author's reputation is growing and the originality of this book will be sure to surprise and interest scholars and other people in the field." -Evelyne Accad, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the Lebanese American University in Beirut'



Book Information
ISBN 9781474499279
Author Mireille Rebeiz
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press