An Alternative Representation of Femininity in 1920s Lebanon
Through the Mise-en-Abîme of a Masculine Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5792408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasmine Nachabe (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2051-0861 • E-ISSN: 2051-0861 |
| Publisher | University of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.29311/nmes.v1i0.2605 |
| OpenAlex | W2550509225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
In the 1920s, during the early French mandate in Lebanon (1920-1943), a period of major social, political and economic changes and a rising women's movement in Syria and Lebanon, a young woman in her mid-twenties was recording her everyday life with a photographic camera in the village of Zgharta in the north of Lebanon. The imported lightweight and user-friendly Eastman Kodak attracted the woman's interest. Clicking the button to capture whatever shot she deemed worth the effort, Marie al-Khazen (1899-1983) left behind more than two hundred six-by-nine centimeter negative plates. In a number of these photographs al-Khazen and her friends and family appear as if they were using the apparatus to stage themselves and their lifestyles in the way they would have wanted them to appear
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |