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

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-94951-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faier, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

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

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Faier