Palestinian women's activism : nationalism, secularism, Islamism / Islah Jad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jād, Iṣlāḥ, author.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees.

Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counselling.

Ḥizb al-Khalāṣ al-Waṭanī al-Islāmī.

Ittiḥād Jamʻīyāt al-Marʼah al-Filasṭīnīyah.

Women, Palestinian Arab--Political activity--West Bank.

Women, Palestinian Arab.

Women, Palestinian Arab--Political activity--Gaza Strip.

Non-governmental organizations--West Bank.

Non-governmental organizations.

Non-governmental organizations--Gaza Strip.

Islam and politics--West Bank.

Islam and politics.

Islam and politics--Gaza Strip.

Feminism--West Bank.

Feminism.

Feminism--Gaza Strip.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815654599

0815654596