Suppression of the Female Name in Contemporary Palestine

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12980702
AutoresBilal Hamamra (0000-0003-4375-0293, An-Najah National University, autor de correspondencia), Nabil Alawi (An-Najah National University), Ruqqaya Herzallah (An-Najah National University)
Año2020
Volumen29
Número4
Páginas421-432
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2020.1826733
OpenAlexW3092025540
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas13

Palestinian female identity has been constructed and reconstructed as an amalgamation of patriarchal-oriented roles (daughter, wife, mother, sister, grandmother or even aunt), demonstrating women’s exclusion from the realm of men who have proper names to locate them within a family group. This article examines the suppression of the female name and the use of reference and terms of address as euphemisms for women in contemporary, non-urban Palestine. While the exclusion of the female name from the public sphere fuels feminists’ criticism of this patriarchal dehumanization, objectification and commodification of the female, we contend that the possibility of undermining Palestinian patronymic culture is shattered because women publicly advertise themselves as the sister, mother, daughter and wife of someone and, hence, their participation in the conventionally male-dominated sphere of politics upholds their subordination

Aunt · Daughter · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Realm · Sister · Sociology · Solidarity · Wife · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research