Our Sisters' Promised Land

Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence

Bibliographic Data

ID19948598
AuthorsAyala Emmett (corresponding author)
Year1996
Pages288
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOur Sisters' Promised Land (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/mpub.15312
OpenAlexW560445448
Open LibraryOL7633302M
ISBN9780472089307
LanguageEN
Citations received30

In this powerful and timely book, Ayala H. Emmett examines the political roles of women in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Emmett's insights come from numerous trips to the region that included in-depth interviews with many of the participants. Excerpts from the interviews give voice to the women who played vitally important yet often overlooked roles in the political transformations of the contemporary Middle East. Emmett's observations on women's actions in political venues have global implications, transcending the specific political and social contexts of the region and shedding light on both the strengths of female activism and the resistances of male political institutions. Emmett investigates the successes and failures of women in the Israeli political landscape, particularly the harassment experienced during the leadership of Right and ultra-Right groups before the ascension to office of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Her account of women's activism in Israel provides a rich backdrop for viewing the compelling events that have taken place in the Middle East throughout the 1990s and offer insights into the future of women's political activism, both in the ever-changing Israeli political climate and in the broader world of women in politics. "Brilliant in conception and theory, based on superb fieldwork, and clearly written for both specialist and non-specialist reader." --Maurie Sacks, Montclair State University "A groundbreaking study. . . .Ayala Emmett brings an unusual voice of clarity into the muddled politics of the Middle East. Where most studies ignore or marginalize women's role in the peace process, Emmett highlights women as political actors and shows their capacity to bridge the chasm between two hostile peoples." --Cynthia Saltzman, Rutgers University, Camden Ayala Emmett is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rochester

CLARITY · Harassment · Media studies · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Activité politique · Anthropology · Anthropology - General · Arab-Israeli conflict · Conflit israélo-arabe · Ethnic Studies · Ethnic Studies - General · Femmes et paix · Israel · Mouvements pacifistes · Peace movements · Politics and government · Relations Juifs-Arabes · Social Science · Vredesbeweging · Vrouwen · Women · Women and peace · Women's Studies · Women's Studies - General

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