Mémoires du corps. Récits féminins empreints de silence, à Khenchara, du milieu du XXe siècle à nos jours

Abstract

As part of ethnological research conducted in Khenchara, a Christian village in Mount Lebanon, a longitudinal, memory-based study was undertaken to examine the social construction of femininity across three generations, with the body being considered an integral part of this process. By collecting life stories from elderly women and their descendants over two generations, the study demonstrates how gender operates as an evolving system of representations in response to social changes. Thus, it provides historical and anthropological insights into changes in feminine perceptions and practices within this community.