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Sexuality and war: literary masks of the Middle East

Evelyne Accad c1990 © New York University Press
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  • 9780814706152 (paper)
  • 9780814705216 (ebook)
  • 9780814705957 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Women's Studies
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  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword (Kathleen Barry, page vii)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • PART I Unveiling Sexuality in War (page 9)
    • 1 Sexuality and Sexual Politics: Conflicts and Contradictions for Contemporary Women (page 11)
    • 2 An Occulted Aspect of War in Lebanon (page 27)
  • PART II Women Unmask War (page 39)
    • 3 Hanan al‐Shaykh: Despair, Resignation, Masochism, and Madness (page 43)
    • 4 Etel Adnan: Courage, Engagement, and Self-Sacrifice (page 64)
    • 5 Andrée Chedid: Determination, Vision Endurance, and Belief in Humanity (page 78)
    • 6 Active Nonviolence Versus Victimization (page 91)
  • PART III War Unveils Men (page 95)
    • 7 Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad: Revolution, Ethics, Revenge, and Destiny (page 99)
    • 8 Halim Barakat: Despair, Fear, Revolt, Tradition, and Heroism (page 111)
    • 9 Elias Khoury: Ambivalence, Fear of Women, and Fascination with Death and Destruction (page 135)
    • 10 War/Masculinity Versus Life/Freedom (page 160)
    • 11 Personal and Political Action for the Transformation of Society (page 165)
  • Bibliography (page 175)
  • Index (page 195)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
IJMES 25.2 (May, 1993): 371-372 http://www.jstor.org/stable/164692
WRB 8.8 (May, 1991): 18 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4020892
JHSex 4.1 (Jul. 1993): 128-136 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3704182
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