The misogynist representation of women in Palestinian oral tradition: a socio-political study

Hamamra, Bilal Tawfiq

doi:10.1080/09589236.2019.1604328

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“…The groups also differ in their DV reporting practices and seeking outside assistance (Ben-Porat et al, 2021), with the Arab social and political leadership considering the law against DV as harming the Arab community in Israel (Erez et al, 2015; Shalhoub-Kevorkian, 1999, 2000). In the Palestinian community of the territories, 6 women experience even greater degrees of gendered violence, and have limited options for receiving help or seeking redress (Chaban, 2011; Hamamra, 2020).…”

Section: The Socio-cultural and Political Contexts As A Backdrop For ...mentioning

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Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

Erez

Sela‐Shayovitz

Ibarra

2022

International Review of Victimology

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Mixed couples face more marital conflict than endogamous couples. Drawing on intersectional theory and narrative victimology, this study examines women’s accounts of abuse in mixed heterosexual Arab/Palestinian–Israeli Jewish intimate partnerships amid the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The narratives of 25 women formerly in an abusive relationship are the primary data, which are supplemented by a comprehensive list of calls seeking advice or intervention from a non-governmental organization (NGO) that assists women in mixed relationships, and the NGO’s recorded in-service training sessions during which social workers discuss clients’ plights and abuse exposure. Consistent with research on mixed couples, the women’s narratives connect their abuse to differences, dynamics, and tensions rooted in cultural, religious, and social beliefs and practices. Importantly, the narratives also highlight how the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amplifies and escalates the women’s abuse. Intersections of gender, religion, and nationality as well as life in a conflict zone critically affect the abuse dynamic the women experience. The article concludes with a discussion of the relevance of narrative victimology and political enmity for intersectional approaches to domestic violence.

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Section: The Socio-cultural and Political Contexts As A Backdrop For ...mentioning

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Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

Erez

Sela‐Shayovitz

Ibarra

2022

International Review of Victimology

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“…Alongside political and economic determinants, respondents analyzed the patriarchal and controlling structure of the Palestinian society and the risk of oppressive internal structures and family dynamics undermining agentic competencies and capabilities among children (Hamamra, 2020). Accordingly, gender differences in children's opportunities to develop and perform agentic behaviours have been discussed.…”

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Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts’ Voices

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Our present study sought to qualitative explore the perceptions of experts on the meaning of children agency in a context characterized by ongoing colonial violence and structural racism. Namely, we explored culture and context-specific features of agency, experts’ perceptions about a decolonized definition, and gaps with the mainstream definition of the construct in Western contexts. The study involved 14 participants (N = 8 women), aged between 32 and 70 years with a mean age of 45 years (SD = 9.72) who came from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank (Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin) and territories currently part of the State of Israel (Jerusalem and Jaffa). They are all mental health professionals in universities, research centres, hospitals and social welfare services. Secondly, the analysis resulted in a map of five themes representing a culturally oriented Palestinian children’s agency model. A threatening context, alleviating factors, healthy agency, aggravating factors, harmful agency. The Palestinian conceptualization of child agency lies in the multifaceted nature of the construct itself re-declined in a context characterized by multiple levels of complexity- cultural, political, social, economic. Our findings might contribute to creating indicators of Palestinian children’s agentic behaviours and a better operationalization of the construct itself.

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“…Cultures are not monolithic and Palestinian society is complex, with a diversity of religions, socioeconomic stratums, educational backgrounds, and differential rates of urbanization. But predominantly, the social order of Palestinian society particularly in the rural areas of the West Bank and in the Gaza strip, remains, according to insider commentators, tribal in structure and conservative (Hamamra, 2019). A key feature of this conservativism is strict adherence to gender (and age) based social hierarchies, resulting in unequal gender role division (Rubenberg, 2001; Tamimi, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2 In theory and practice, women (and children) are relegated to a dependent and inferior status (Tamimi, 2017). A woman’s social value is largely determined by the extent of her seclusion and obedience (Hasan, 2005); her activities are largely confined to the private sphere while participation in the public domain is highly restricted (e.g., Haj-Yahia, 2003; Hamamra, 2019; Hasan, 2005). Women’s identity and worth are assessed according to their capacity to fulfil their role as wives and mothers (e.g., Hasso, 2005; Tamimi, 2017).…”

Section: The Female Face Of Terrorism: the Palestinian Contextmentioning

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Palestinian Women in Terrorism: A Double-Edged Sword?

Erez

Laster

2019

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Drawing on a decade of research on terrorism in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, we show how subjective “rational choices” motivate some women to engage in terrorist activism. Focusing on the motives of young women who engage in terrorism is consistent with feminist theory’s insistence on women’s agency—even at the extremes. In addition to the well-established motivations for terrorism reported in the literature, interviews with young women involved in terrorism reveal mixed personal motives for their gender-defying choices, including thrill-seeking and some conscious rebellion. However, we contend that women’s subjective rationale for participation in such violent behavior needs to be contextualized. A cost–benefit approach, we maintain, highlights the strategic considerations supporting the deployment of women as combatants by Palestinian terrorist organizations. We argue that the inclusion of women in terrorist activism in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict exposes a major fault line in attitudes to the role and proper place of women in what remains largely a patriarchal culture. This social ambivalence accounts for why, on all measures, women fare worse than their male counterparts. The implications of the findings for feminist research as well as policy are discussed.

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The misogynist representation of women in Palestinian oral tradition: a socio-political study

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts’ Voices

Palestinian Women in Terrorism: A Double-Edged Sword?

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