Militant Women of a Fragile Nation

by Malek Abisaab

In Militant Women of a Fragile Nation, Malek Abisaab takes a gendered approach to labor conflicts, anti-colonial struggles, and citizenship in modern Lebanon. The author traces the conditions and experiences of women workers at the French Tobacco Monopoly. Challenging the prevailing assumptions about culturally inscribed roles for Middle Eastern women, the book highlights traditions of public activism and militancy among rural women which are in turn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632126
• ISBN13: 9780815632122
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"