Resistance, repression, and gender politics in occupied Palestine and Jordan / Frances S. Hasso.

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2005], ©2005.

xxxii, 231 pages ; 23 cm.

1st ed.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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