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Male gender and rituals of resistance in the Palestinain intifada: a cultural politics of of violence
American ethnologist • 21 (1) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 31-49
By: Peteet, Julie Marie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Peteet construes the beatings and detentions received by Palestinian male youth by Israeli security forces during the Intifada as a rite of passage to manhood. She also sees it as a moral act that transforms intended acts of humiliation to ones of empowerment. According to Peteet, the young male is a symbol of the Palestinian opposition and struggle and a particular target of repression. Their stories of beatings and imprisonment are celebrated by the community and constitute badges of honor and manliness; invigorating the resistance and creating a generation of new leaders. Peteet further discusses how the above 'rites' impact on gender hierarchies and status.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- External relations
- Revolution
- Aftermath of combat
- 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
- 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Occupied Territories, Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Julie Peteet
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs