Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)

This book focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Democratic Front (DF) branches established in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Jordan in the 1970s, and the most influential and innovative of the DF women's organizations: the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories. Until now, no study of a Palestinian political organization has so thoroughly engaged with internal gender histories. In addition, no other work attempts to systematically compare branches in different regional locations to explain those differences. Students of gender and Middle East studies, especially those with a specialty in Palestinian studies, will find this work to be of critical importance. This book will also be of great interest to those working on political protest movements and factional ties. Origins of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine From revolution to pragmatism The impact of the state on mobilization in Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories, 1967-1987 Civil war in Jordan, 1969-1971 Divergent protest histories in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 1969-1987 The "masses" are women : the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories, 1978-1987 Modernity, morality, and mobilizing women in Democratic Front branches, 1973-1987 From Intifada to fragmentation, 1988 Political transformations in the occupied territories and Jordan Ruptures, betrayals, and new realities in Democratic Front branches and the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees Concluding reflections : gender and women in the Democratic Front in Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait, 1970s-1990s. This book focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Democratic Front (DF) branches established in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Jordan in the 1970s, and the most influential and innovative of the DF women's organizations: the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories. Until now, no study of a Palestinian political organization has so thoroughly engaged with internal gender histories. In addition, no other work attempts to systematically compare branches in different regional locations to explain those differences. -- from http://www.amazon.com (Feb. 24, 2014). >The book focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Democratic Front (DF) branches established in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Jordan in the 1970s, and the most influential and innovative of the DF women's organizations: the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories. - Duke University