Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan

Citation:

Hasso, Frances Susan. 2005. Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan. New York: Syracuse University Press.

Author: Frances Susan Hasso

Annotation:

Summary:
Useful for students of gender and Middle East studies, this book examines gender, women's involvement, and sexuality in the ideologies and strategies of a transnational Palestinian political movement. It focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front branches. (Summary from WorldCat)
 
Table of Contents:
1. Origins of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
 
2. The Impact of the State on Mobilization in Jordan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 1967-1987
 
3. Civil War in Jordan, 1969-1971
 
4. Divergent Protest Histories in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 1969-1987
 
5. The "Masses" Are Women: The Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the Occupied Territories, 1978-1987
 
6. Modernity, Morality, and Mobilizing Women in Democratic Front Branches, 1973-1987
 
7. Political Transformations in the Occupied Territories and Jordan
 
8. Ruptures, Betrayals, and New Realities in Democratic Front Branches and the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees

Topics: Armed Conflict, Occupation, Economies, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Political Participation, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, MENA, Asia, Middle East Countries: Jordan, Palestine / Occupied Palestinian Territories

Year: 2005

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