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  • © 1990

Land Before Honour

Palestinian Women in the Occupied Territories

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Part of the book series: Women in Society: A Feminist List (WOSOFEL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. The history of Palestine

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 1-18
  3. Women’s position in traditional society

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 19-34
  4. The hold of the past: two personal stories

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 35-49
  5. Social change

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 50-63
  6. Articulating the new freedom

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 64-79
  7. Education

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 80-96
  8. Agricultural work

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 97-116
  9. Industrial work

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 117-134
  10. Politics and the national struggle

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 135-157
  11. Women’s organisations

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 158-175
  12. Conclusion: the impact of the intifada

    • Kitty Warnock
    Pages 176-189
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 190-199

About this book

This book grew out of the 4 years the author spent living in the Palestinian West Bank under Israel occupation. During this time she interviewed over sixty women about their lives. Not concerned primarily with politics, nor a plea for the Palestinian cause, the book deals with the internal social life of the Palestinian community, and in particular how the position of women and their perceptions of themselves have been changed by the upheavals and transformation of Palestinian society through the 20th century.

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