Palestinian women and popular resistance perceptions, attitudes and strategies / Liyana Kayali.
| Author/creator | Kayali, Liyana, 1986- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 28 Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 28. ^A1143142 |
| Contents | Palestinian Women, Nonviolence, and Social Movements -- Palestinian Women's Pre-Oslo Activism -- The Space for Resistance Constricts : Post-Oslo Palestine -- Palestinian Women's 'Disengagement' -- Palestinian Women's Perceptions of Resistance Actions -- Palestinian Women's Alternative Resistance Strategies. |
| Abstract | "This book explores Palestinian women's views of popular resistance in the West Bank and examines factors shaping the nature and extent of their involvement. Despite the signing of the Oslo peace accords in 1993, the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the contemporary period have experienced tightened Israeli occupational control and worsening political, humanitarian, security, and economic conditions. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with women in the West Bank, this book looks at how Palestinian women in the post-Oslo period perceive, negotiate, and enact resistance. It demonstrates that, far from being 'apathetic', as some observers have charged, Palestinian women remain deeply committed to the goals of national liberation and wish to contribute to an effective popular resistance movement. Yet many Palestinian women feel alienated from prevailing forms of collective popular resistance in the OPT due to the low levels of legitimacy they accord them. This alienation has been made stark by the gendered and intersecting impacts of expanding settler-colonialism, tightening spatial control, a professionalised and depoliticised civil society, reinforced patriarchal constraints, Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) repression and violence, and a deteriorating economy - all of which have raised the barriers Palestinian women face to active participation. Undertaking a gendered analysis of conflict and resistance, this volume highlights significant changes over the course of a long-running resistance movement. Readers interested in gender and women's studies, the Arab-Israel conflict and Middle East politics will find the study beneficial"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kayali, Liyana, 1986- Palestinian women and popular resistance Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780367444358 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020024194 |
| ISBN | 9781003009696 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781000215892 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781000215694 (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781000215793 (mobi) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |