Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance

by Simona Sharoni

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602995
• ISBN13: 9780815602996
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"