Women and gender in early Jewish and Palestinian nationalism /

Katz, Sheila H.

Women and gender in early Jewish and Palestinian nationalism / Sheila H. Katz. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2003. - 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

Table of Contents; Preface xi; Part I. Texts and Contexts; 1. (En)Gendering Nations: Introduction 3; 2. Reframing Questions: Scaffolds of Scholarship 17; 3. Historicizing Narratives I: Under the Ottomans 29; 4. Historicizing Narratives II: Under the British 51; Part II. Imagining Communities; 5. Politicizing Masculinities: Shahada and Haganah 69; 6. Feminizing Lands: 'Ird and Ard, Adam and Adama 82; 7. Imagining Women: Umma and Um, 'Am and Imma 95; Part III. Hierarchies of Difference; 8. Civilizing Women: Hygiene and Lace 109; 9. Educating Girls: Reading and Revolution 120.

''In this landmark book, Katz skillfully demonstrates the complex ways that gender ideology was inextricably linked to and reinforced the formation of both Palestinian Arab and Jewish Zionist national identities in the first half of the 20th century.

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Women--Political activity--History--Israel--20th century.
Women--Political activity--History--Palestine--20th century.
Nationalism and feminism--History--Israel--20th century.
Nationalism and feminism--History--Palestine--20th century.
Jewish women--Political activity--History--Israel--20th century.
Jewish women--Political activity--History--Palestine--20th century.
Women, Palestinian Arab--Political activity--History--20th century.
Jews--Identity.--Israel
Palestinian Arabs--Ethnic identity.--Israel
Femmes en politique--Histoire--Israël--20e siècle.
Femmes en politique--Histoire--Palestine--20e siècle.
Nationalisme et féminisme--Histoire--Israël--20e siècle.
Nationalisme et féminisme--Histoire--Palestine--20e siècle.
Juives--Activité politique--Histoire--Israël--20e siècle.
Juives--Activité politique--Histoire--Palestine--20e siècle.
Palestiniennes--Activité politique--Histoire--20e siècle.
Juifs--Identité.--Israël
Palestiniens--Identité ethnique--Israël.
Femmes--Activité politique--Histoire--Israël--20e siècle.
Femmes--Activité politique--Histoire--Palestine--20e siècle.
Palestiniens--Identité ethnique.--Israël
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Jewish women--Political activity.
Jews--Identity.
Nationalism and feminism.
Palestinian Arabs--Ethnic identity.
Women, Palestinian Arab--Political activity.
Women--Political activity.
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Nationalisme.
Joden.
Palestijnen.


Israel.
Middle East--Palestine.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.

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