Development (Basingstoke)
Volume 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-98

'To veil or not to veil is not the question': Palestinian refugee women's voices on other matters1 (Article)

Farah R.*
  • a Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Randa Farah provides a corrective to the stereotypical images portrayed in the West of Palestinian women. Based on fieldwork conducted in the late 1990s in al-Baq'a refugee camp, she underscores how women defend and reproduce notions of 'women', 'home' and 'homeland' to generate further debate and contribute to the dialogue on women's role in carving, defending and re-appropriating places. © 2002 The Society for International Development.

Author Keywords

Islamic dress Refugee camps Orientalism Survival Networks

Index Keywords

refugee Palestine Islamism womens status gender role
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0036127197&doi=10.1057%2fpalgrave.development.1110325&partnerID=40&md5=52a0e9ca2058cdf8117ea478089b85fa
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110325
ISSN: 10116370
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English