Lebanon Land of the Cedars

Description

LebanonPostcard presents the rare book Lebanon Land of the Cedars – Marie Karam Khayat & Margaret Clark Keatinge – Beirut Khayats 1967
Hardcover book with papercover, 30×22 cm, 189 pages (Used, the book is fine from inside, the papercover is deteriorated)

An account of the old and new life in Lebanon by a Lebanese lady and her American friend. This book has the engaging quality sometimes found in the journals and letters of Eighteen century
lady travellers. In such books, rarely to be found today, leisure and education, feminine insight and knowledge of the routine of family life combine to present in a most endearing way material too often left to professional anthropologists and sociologists. While the latter would certainly find the information contained in this book to be of value, the general reader will be fascinated by the authors’ accounts of: the Country, the Family, Betrothals, Weddings, Christenings, Children, Homemaking, Food, Social Life, Sickness and Death, and the emergence of Modern Lebanese Woman.

The carefully compiled appendices include a newcomer’s guide to the Lebanon, home remedies, cooking recipes, superstitions, examples of folk music and descriptions of dances.

The book is illustrated with an artistic collection of photographs.

Introduction

Chapters
One – The Country
Two – The Family
Three – Betrothals
Four – Weddings
Five – Children
Six – Homemaking
Seven – Food
Eight – Social Life
Nine – Sickness and Death
Ten – The Modern Lebanese Woman

Appendices
A. Guide to Living in Lebanon
B. Home Remedies
C. Old Lebanese Superstitions
D. Recipes
E. Lebanese Folk Music and Dancing
Folk Songs (the lyrics)
Dances (the notes)

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