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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
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Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Uprooted nation, stateless nationalism: palestinian women's activism in context -- The conundrums of post-Oslo Palestine : from militants to citizens without citizenship -- Between faith and feminism : Islamist women of Hamas -- The "new Islamic woman" : gender discourse and Islamist politics -- Conclusions : Islamists and the forging of a common ground between women -- Epilogue : the political life of Palestinian women since 2004 -- Appendix A. Chronology of Palestinian women's organizations -- Appendix B. List of interviews by organization. |
| Summary |
The political and public life of Palestinian women has been influenced by a number of factors, most importantly successive waves of occupation of Palestine by various forms of colonization; the evolution and growth of the Palestinian national resistance movement; development of the national movement (later the Palestinian Authority); and the evolution and growth of the feminist movement. This book analyses the structural and ideological transformations of the contemporary Palestinian women's movements in the aftermath of the signing of the Oslo Agreement in 1993 between Israel and the PLO. Based on in-depth interviews with male and female activists and members of different organisations, I provide an analytical overview of the evolution and current configuration of the contemporary women's movements. A detailed analysis of the discourses and structures of the mass-based organisation (PFWAC), the women's NGO (WCLAC) and the women's division of Hamas (studied for the first time) is presented. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees.
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Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees. |
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Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counselling.
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Ḥizb al-Khalāṛ al-Waṭanī al-Islāmī.
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Ittiḥād Jamʻīyāt al-Marʼah al-Filasṭīnīyah.
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Women, Palestinian Arab -- Political activity -- West Bank.
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Women, Palestinian Arab -- Political activity. |
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West Bank. |
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Women, Palestinian Arab. |
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Women, Palestinian Arab -- Political activity -- Gaza Strip.
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Gaza Strip. |
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Feminism -- West Bank.
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Feminism. |
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Feminism -- Gaza Strip.
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Non-governmental organizations -- West Bank.
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Non-governmental organizations. |
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Non-governmental organizations -- Gaza Strip.
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Islam and politics -- West Bank.
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Islam and politics. |
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Islam and politics -- Gaza Strip.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Jād, Iṛlāḥ. Palestinian women's activism. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018 9780815636083 (DLC) 2018046834 |
| ISBN |
9780815654599 (electronic book) |
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0815654596 (electronic book) |
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9780815636083 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815636144 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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