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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819475103321

Titolo

Women and the Israeli occupation : the politics of change / / edited by Tamar Mayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

0-415-09546-8

0-203-42274-0

1-134-86664-X

1-280-32177-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

International studies of women and place

Altri autori (Persone)

MayerTamar <1952->

Disciplina

305.42/095694

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - Israel

Women - Israel - Social conditions

Women, Palestinian Arab - Political activity

Women, Palestinian Arab - Social conditions

Israel Social conditions

Palestine Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Women and the israeli occupation; Chapter 2 What has the Occupation Done To Palestinian and Israeli Women?; Chapter 3 Between National and Social Liberation; Chapter 4 Heightened Palestinian Nationalism; Chapter 5 Israeli Women Against the Occupation; Chapter 6 Palestinian Women In Israel; Chapter 7 Homefront as Battlefield; Chapter 8 Trends in Labor Market Participation and Gender Linked Occupational Differentiation

Chapter 9 Women Street Peddlers The Phenomenon of Bastat in the Palestinian Informal economyChapter 10 Environmrntal Problems Affecting Palestinian Women Under Occupation; Chapter 11 A Feminist Politics Of Health Care; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Analyses the impact of the Occupation on the lives of women in Israel and Palestine. Internal conflicts have been exposed, threatening social



structures; but political loyalties remain high and women's voices are now at last being heard.