Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Nov 30, 2014
This entry covers women’s participation in violent protest in Syria in three distinct sections: t... more This entry covers women’s participation in violent protest in Syria in three distinct sections: their participation in seemingly non-violent forms of protest; their involvement in violent forms of protest; and the use of the body as a tool for protest and for torture in the contexts of political protest. Whilst providing evidence-based examples from the unfolding war in Syria, all three sections address themes through historical contextualization, analysis of political contingency,
and by challenging the often assumed homogeneity of the categories of both “Muslim” and “women” through recourse to Syria’s cultural, demographic and socioeconomic particularities.
Article Table of Contents
Introduction
Women in non-violent forms of protest
Women in violent protest
The body as a means for protest and for torture: embodied agency vis-à-vis sexual and gendered violence
Bibliography
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Nov 30, 2014
This entry covers women’s participation in violent protest in Syria in three distinct sections: t... more This entry covers women’s participation in violent protest in Syria in three distinct sections: their participation in seemingly non-violent forms of protest; their involvement in violent forms of protest; and the use of the body as a tool for protest and for torture in the contexts of political protest. Whilst providing evidence-based examples from the unfolding war in Syria, all three sections address themes through historical contextualization, analysis of political contingency,
and by challenging the often assumed homogeneity of the categories of both “Muslim” and “women” through recourse to Syria’s cultural, demographic and socioeconomic particularities.
Article Table of Contents
Introduction
Women in non-violent forms of protest
Women in violent protest
The body as a means for protest and for torture: embodied agency vis-à-vis sexual and gendered violence
Bibliography
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and by challenging the often assumed homogeneity of the categories of both “Muslim” and “women” through recourse to Syria’s cultural, demographic and socioeconomic particularities.
Article Table of Contents
Introduction
Women in non-violent forms of protest
Women in violent protest
The body as a means for protest and for torture: embodied agency vis-à-vis sexual and gendered violence
Bibliography
and by challenging the often assumed homogeneity of the categories of both “Muslim” and “women” through recourse to Syria’s cultural, demographic and socioeconomic particularities.
Article Table of Contents
Introduction
Women in non-violent forms of protest
Women in violent protest
The body as a means for protest and for torture: embodied agency vis-à-vis sexual and gendered violence
Bibliography