Out of mind, out of sight : why is she left out of the lebanese political discourse ?

Abstract EN

A formal linguistic analysis of the xvords and phrases employed in charting and amending the rules fin piirtitiptilion in the fwlitical process in Ixbimon an' traced front Un- parliamentary deludes of the I920s, in the later records and documents of the government program-; established during the first htv generations of the Republic, in the documents related to national reconciliation folloiving the civil war of the 1970s, and in the publishctl speeches and communications of Lebanese officials and intellectuals since.

A for/ml analysis of nvrding ami phrasing is meant to lend support to the hypothesis that mnneu are rather intentionally excluded from fwrticipating in the political process and are relegated to more pissiiv or support/re roles.

The linguistic analysis spans the founding of the Republic of Lebanon up through the past several uears.

In particular, this study seeks to highlight the way in which current political discourse, with Lebanon as the case study, fvrsists in absenting women by using a strictly masculine language; “she" is giivn, thus, a passive voice in the public domain.