Anatomy of Feminist Resistance - Rebel in the Wilderness

The book explores the story of two women living in remote town Mitzpe Ramon, in the Negev Desert in south Israel. These women lived in poverty and worked under oppressive conditions for all their lives until one day they began to resist. Standing for the rights of working women and mothers, they led protests and strikes that shook the entire country for weeks.

In An Anatomy of Feminist Resistance: Rebel in the Wilderness, Dahan Kalev's innovative perspective examines both the public and private spheres of these woman's lives and reveals the existence of a third sphere in which women are able to find their voices. This study deciphers what causes women to accept conditions of oppression, under what circumstances will women begin to resist, and what are the political transformations rebellious women undergo while fighting oppression.

About the author

Henriette Dahan Kalev is professor emeritus of political science at the Ben Gurion University

Product details

• Authors: Henriette Dahan Kalev
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498524353
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2435-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Middle East, Politics & government, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies