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Women and the Lebanese Civil War : female fighters in Lebanese and Palestinian militias / Jennifer Philippa Eggert.

9783030837884 (electronic bk.)
3030837882 (electronic bk.)
3030837874
9783030837877

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-83788-4 doi

UB419.L4

956.920440082

This book analyses the reasons for womens participation in the various Lebanese and Palestinian militias involved in the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Whilst most existing accounts of the Civil War in Lebanon either overlook the roles and experiences of women entirely or focus on women as victims or peacemakers only, Women and the Lebanese Civil War highlights that women were involved as militants (and often also as fighters) in all of the militias partaking in the war. Analysing individual motivations, organisational characteristics, security-related aspects and societal factors, the book explains why women were included as fighters in some of the militias but not in others. Based on extensive fieldwork in Lebanon, the book is the first comprehensive study of female perpetrators and supporters of political violence during the Lebanese Civil War. Beyond the case of Lebanon, it questions widespread assumptions about the roles of women at times of violent conflict and war. Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert is an academic, NGO researcher and practitioner. Her work focuses on violent conflict, development and migration, with a focus on gender, faith and local actors. She has worked in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the USA.

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WOMEN AND THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR.

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