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Sexuality and War
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Description for Sexuality and War
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
"A courageous analysis of Arab writers, addressing the connections between masculinity, violence, and nationalism."
Robin Morgan, Ms..
"Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness .... The force of these often intertwined phenomena endemic to the human condition are considered with incisive and wrenching specificity from within one of the most baneful convergences of sexuality and war in recent history."
Djelal Kadir, editor, World Literature Today.
"Personal, powerful, passionate, uncensored."
Fedwa Malti-Douglas, The Journal of Women's History.
A welcome departure from stereotypical nationalist conceptions from which no ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814706152
SKU
V9780814706152
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Ref
99-50
About Accad
Evelyne Accad is Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana, where she teaches French, Comparative Literature, Women's Studies, and Asian Studies.
Reviews for Sexuality and War
"A courageous analysis of Arab writers, addressing the connections between masculinity, violence, and nationalism."
Robin Morgan, Ms.."Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness ... The force of these often intertwined phenomena endemic to the human condition are considered with incisive and wrenching specificity from within one of the most baneful convergences of sexuality and ... Read more
Robin Morgan, Ms.."Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness ... The force of these often intertwined phenomena endemic to the human condition are considered with incisive and wrenching specificity from within one of the most baneful convergences of sexuality and ... Read more