Lords of the Lebanese marches: violence and narrative in an Arab society

Abstract

Part 1 The rule of the lords from the snow to the sea: figures in a landscape contexts and contests. Part 2 State and local narratives: narratives, powers, persons fathomless ocean precarious archaism underdeveloped periphery. Part 3 The weight of the ancestors: famine and memory fellahin and famine. Part 4 Marvellous stories, dirty deeds: gallous story or dirty deed marching in the wrong direction joking, play and pressure the perils of display a killing in the street. Part 5 Imperatives of work: the challenge of work and wages horsemen on tractors. Coda: The roses of life

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