Women & Conflict in the Middle East: Palestinian Refugees and the Response to Violence Contributor(s): Holt, Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780761015 ISBN-13: 9781780761015 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 956 |
Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Women in conflict zones face a wide range of violence from a variety of sources: from physical and psychological trauma to political, economic and social disadvantage. Maria Holt uses her research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank to look at the forms and effects of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Palestinian refugees fled over the border into Lebanon, and in the wake of tumult in other host states, such as Jordan, many more sought refuge there. Today more than 400,000 Palestinians reside in Lebanon, and the theme of violence is one that informs their daily life. Holt explores these varying forms of violence, including physical personal violence and the violence of war as well as the more symbolic violence of the disintegration of daily life and erasure of homeland, furthermore highlighting ongoing exclusion and isolation Palestinians are subjected to by the Lebanese state. Nevertheless, this condition of being - but not belonging - in Lebanon has influenced refugees' perceptions of themselves. |