Suppression of the Female Name in Contemporary Palestine

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12980702
AutoresBilal Hamamra (0000-0003-4375-0293, An-Najah National University, autor correspondente), Nabil Alawi (An-Najah National University), Ruqqaya Herzallah (An-Najah National University)
Ano2020
Volume29
Fascículo4
Páginas421-432
Data de publicação2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2020.1826733
OpenAlexW3092025540
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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