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The Palestinian women's autonomous movement

Gender & Society12 (6)Published In 1998 • Pages: 649-673

By: Abdulhadi, Rabab.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Abdulhadi discusses the rise of an autonomous Palestinian women's movement in the Occupied Territories in the 1990s. She asks why a surging women's movement occurred at a time when the nationalist movement was in ebb. She bases her work on 74 open-ended, in-depth interviews with 68 Palestinian women activists. Women activists have been involved in various social and political issues, forming various committees and voluntary associations since the 1920s, according to the author, exhibiting a richness of voices and actions. This organizational substrate was the basis for the later movement which was partly a reaction to the imposition of the HIJAB on Palestinian women.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Political movements
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Palestinians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1992-1994
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1921-1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
West Bank and Gaza Strip, Occupied Territories, Israel
NotesAdditional notes
Rabab Abdulhadi
Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-673)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87641814
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Palestinian Arabs