Description
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to examine and discuss the violence perpetrated against women in politically conflicted or militarized areas. The voices of Palestinian women show how militaristic values and policies affect female victimisation and agency in conflict zones.
Trade Review"For scholars seeking to understand the link between theory and praxis, for students of methodology, for activists this book sets new standards and makes us want to aspire to them." - Kathleen Barry, Women's Studies International Forum
"Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s book is timely and well written, and it can be recommended for anyone interested in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict or gender and conflict." - Hanne Eggen Røislien, Journal of Peace Research
"Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian reconfigures standard assumptions about the nature of power, resistance and oppression, opening up new interdisciplinary areas of research and potential lines of investigation for translation scholars." - Sue Ann Harding The Translator
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Violent translations: women, war, and narrative in conflict zones; 3. Veiled powers: conceptualizing woman and/as the 'nation'; 4. Women frontliners in conflict zones: a genealogy of weaponization; 5. Speaking truth to power: voices of Palestinian women facing the wall; 6. Ruminations and final thoughts: women in-between.
