Organizations, Gender and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in - Haifa, Israe

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Faier Klappentext This book, based on 25 months of anthropological fieldwork, examines activists and activism in Palestinian nongovernmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations enable certain processes of self-identification based on activists' constructions of modernity. Zusammenfassung This book, based on twenty-five months of anthropological fieldwork, examines activists and activism in Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations enable certain processes of self-identification based on activists' constructions of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. Backgrounds: Fieldwork and Palestinians in Israel  3. New Venues: Nongovernmental Organizations and Social Change  4. Activism: Support, Conflict, and Ideas  5. Two Tales of a City: History, Space and Identity  6. Honor, Land, and Protest  7. (Re)Producing Honor: Gender, Family and Violence  8. Difficult Modernity: Rights, Citizenship, and the State

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Faier, Faier Elizabeth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2004
• EAN: 9780415949514
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94951-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Palestine