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Author:   M. Thomas
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.238kg
ISBN:  

9781137281982

ISBN 10:   1137281987
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   28 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: SAGHBINE, A CHRISTIAN VILLAGE: WOMEN, RELIGION, AND SOCIETY Geography and Religious Spaces The Childhood and Adolescence of Young Girls Marriage and the Condition of Married Women Adulthood, Married Life, and Women's Work Interview – Christian Discourse PART II: MUSLIM LEBANESE WOMEN AND AN ISLAMIC MODERNITY Islam in Lebanon: An Overview Struggle in Modern Islam, Women in Tradition, and the Discourse of the Veil Veiling and Divergent Feminism Voices Personal Status Laws in Islam, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah's Tafsir, and Hizbullah Lebanese Women Interview - Individual and Communal Perspectives: Muslim Discourse PART III: TRANSFORMATION WITHIN A MULTICULTURAL LEBANON Modernity, Multiculturalism, and Lebanese Women Christian-Muslim Relations, Women and Religion Lebanese Women in all their Diversity: Convergence and divergence En Route Toward a More Inclusive Civil Society Conclusion

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Marie-Claude Thomas is a visiting assistant professor of Arabic at Oberlin College.

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