Militarization and violence against women in conflict zones in the Middle East : a Palestinian case-study / by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian.
"This book examines and discusses the ordeals that women face as violence is perpetrated against them in politically conflicted and militarized areas. In conflict zones, every act is affected by, dependent on and mobilised by militaristic values. The militarization of both the private and publi...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This book examines and discusses the ordeals that women face as violence is perpetrated against them in politically conflicted and militarized areas. In conflict zones, every act is affected by, dependent on and mobilised by militaristic values. The militarization of both the private and public space and the use of the gendered bodies increases the vulnerability of both men and women, and further masculinises the patriarchal hegemonic powers. Through the stories and ordeals of women in politically conflicted areas and war zones, and by sharing voices of Palestinian women from the Occupied Territories, it is shown that claims such as 'security reasoning', fear from 'terrorism', nationalism, preservation of 'cultural authenticity' and preservation of the land can turn women's bodies and lives into boundary markers and thus sites of violence, contestation and resistance."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511532997 9780511532993 051153390X 9780511533907 0511626851 9780511626852 0511646747 9780511646744 0511650825 9780511650826 0521708796 9780521708791 1282391151 9781282391154 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511626852 |