Synopsis

In Gender in Crisis, Julie Peteet explores the role of politically active Palestinian women during the era of the Palestinian resistance movement in Lebanon.

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Drawing on field work in refugee camps in Lebanon and the Palestinian nationalist movement, Peteet (anthropology, Georgetown U.) analyzes how the resistance movement, 1968-82, changed the role of women in society and relations between the sexes. She compares pre-1948 Palestinian society, and considers the coincident women's movement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)