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

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Faier Klappentext 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. 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Faier, Faier Elizabeth
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 22.11.2004
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9780415949514
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94951-4
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Serie: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law
• Categorie: Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, qualitative research methods, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Palestine, social identity formation, anthropological fieldwork, gender roles activism, civil society organizations Israel, Palestinian minority studies, Middle East NGOs