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Icons and militants: mothering in the danger zone
Signs : Journal of women and culture in society • 23 (1) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 103-129
By: Peteet, Julie Marie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mothers are icons of nations and motherhood is often invoked in nation building and national struggles. Peteet examines this metaphor in the context of the civil war in Lebanon (1975-1991) and the Intifada (1987-1993). In both cases the idea of 'maternal sacrifice' and 'mothers of martyrs' became powerful symbols of resistance, although, according to Peteet, it did not translate into gender equality. She discusses how women used their wartime status as mothers to claim more recognition and rights for women within the resistance.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Family relationships
- Political movements
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Cult of the dead
- 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
- 1980-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1975-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Occupied Territories, Israel and Lebanon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Julie M. Peteet
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75649469
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs