Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
By Simona Sharoni.
Description
Simona Sharoni's innovative approach to the conflict in the Middle East stresses the relationship between gender and politics by illuminating the daily experiences of women in Israel and in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Among the issues explored are the connections between the violence of the conflict and the escalation of violence against women; the link between militarism and sexism; and the role of nationalism in building individual and collective identities. Sharoni also shows the impact of Intifada (the Palestinian uprising in December, 1987) on the Palestinian and Israel...
ISBN(s)
0815602995, 9780815602996
