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The gender logics of resistance to the 'war on terror' : constructing sex-gender difference through the erasure of patriarchy in the Middle East
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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. doi:10.1080/01436597.2012.728318 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 | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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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 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.33 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1821-1836 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01436597.2012.728318 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | British Academy (BA) |
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