
Birthing the Nation
Strategies of Palestinian Women in Israel
By: Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh, Hanan Ashrawi (Foreword by)
Paperback | 28 June 2002 | Edition Number 1
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"This well-written and theoretically informed book remains faithful to the reality of the politics of reproduction in Galilee-indeed to the reality of Galilee society. Throughout, the narrative rings true. Kanaaneh argues compellingly and convincingly that understanding reproductive behavior clarifies how Palestinians within Israel negotiate the tortured path of self-definition and definition."--Rashid Khalidi, author of Palestinian Identity: The Construction of a Modern National Consciousness
"The [Palestinian-Israeli] conflict that shapes this book is sadly alive and indeed booming louder than ever. News broadcasts around the world almost daily report the rising death tolls. We urgently need to hear more feminist perspectives (both male and female) like Rhoda Kanaaneh's that seriously attend to the intersections of politics, 'race,' class, religion and gender. It is indispensable to anyone interested in struggles for justice and freedom, including those against racism and sexism, wherever they may occur."--Hanan Ashrawi, spokeswoman for the Arab League and author of This Side of Peace
"Birthing the Nation shows how, in the case of Israel even more than elsewhere in the world, the demands of states and nations turn private decisions about families and bodies into political arithmetics of populations. Eschewing polemics, Kanaaneh uses detailed ethnography of households, bodies, consumption, sex, and gender in a Palestinian village in Israel to illuminate a crucial new piece of the puzzle of the politics of reproduction: the use of 'reproductive ranking' in negotiations of modernity."--Lila Abu-Lughod, editor of Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
"At once a work of political demography, feminist inquiry, and anthropological reflection, Birthing the Nation demonstrates with passion and precision how and why the study of reproduction is also the study of social struggle and transformation. It is a 'must read' not only for students of anthropology, women's studies, and Middle Eastern studies, but for anyone interested in the ongoing project of modern nationalism which this study of reproductive politics so brilliantly illuminates."--Rayna Rapp, coeditor of Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction
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ISBN: 9780520229440
ISBN-10: 0520229444
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Published: 28th June 2002
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 300
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: University of California Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 22.77 x 15.45 x 1.84
Weight (kg): 0.46
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