Women's political activism in Palestine : peacebuilding, resistance, and survival / Sophie Richter-Devroe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter-Devroe, Sophie, author.

Series:

National Women's Studies Association/University of Illinois First Book Prize.

Illinois scholarship online.

National women's studies association / University of Illinois first book prize

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestine--Social conditions.

Palestine.

Women, Palestinian Arab--Social conditions.

Women, Palestinian Arab.

Women, Palestinian Arab--Political activity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2019.

Summary:

What does doing politics mean in a context of occupation, settler-colonialism, and prolonged state violence such as Palestine? This text traces Palestinian women's forms of political activism, ranging from peacebuilding and popular resistance to their everyday survival and coping strategies.

Contents:

Introduction: from revolutionary activism to informal politics

Women's peacebuilding : UNSCR 1325 and the post-Oslo peace supermarket

Women's popular resistance : embodied protest and political claim making

Women's everyday resistance and the infrapolitics of UMD : "Yes, we came here to enjoy!"

Conclusion: reclaiming humanity and the politics of women's everyday life in occupied Palestine

Appendix: groups, networks, and organizations

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

9780252050558

025205055X

OCLC:

1055134369