Pratt, Nicola Christine. (2012) The gender logics of resistance to the 'war on terror' : constructing sex-gender difference through the erasure of patriarchy in the Middle East. Third World Quarterly, Vol.33 (No.10). pp. 1821-1836. ISSN 0143-6597

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Abstract

This article asks, ‘How are femininities constructed in resisting the ‘war on terror’ and with what implications for women’s agency and the conceptualisation of gender?’ It examines the under-studied gender logics of non-violent resistance to the ‘war on terror’ by focusing on a series of conferences held in Cairo, between 2002 and 2008, uniting opposition to imperialism, Zionism, neoliberalism and dictatorship. Whereas much feminist scholarship conceptualises sex-gender difference within patriarchy as the major source of women’s subordination, women speakers at the Cairo conferences erased patriarchy as a source of subordination and valorised sex-gender difference as a source of agency in resisting the ‘war on terror’. Femininities were constructed against the dominant narratives and practices of the ‘war on terror’ through the representation of national/religious or class differences. These ‘resistance femininities’ represent strategically essentialised identities that function to bridge differences and mobilise women in resistance to the ‘war on terror’.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Public opinion -- Sex differences
Journal or Publication Title:	Third World Quarterly
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0143-6597
Date:	October 2012
Volume:	Vol.33
Number:	No.10
Page Range:	pp. 1821-1836
Identification Number:	10.1080/01436597.2012.728318
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	British Academy (BA)
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/51072

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