(En)Gendering Checkpoints: Checkpoint Watch and the Repercussions of Intervention

(En)Gendering Checkpoints: Checkpoint Watch and the Repercussions of Intervention

Checkpoint Watch, an all-women Israeli organization who stand in small groups in two shifts at checkpoints mainly on the West Bank and protest the occupation, is critiqued. It is argued, in part, that CPW is not only a peace organization, challenging nationalism and militarism, but also a feminist o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2007-06, Vol.32 (4), p.973-996
Hauptverfasser: Kotef, Hagar, Amir, Merav
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Activists
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armies
Cooperation
Demonstrations & protests
Explosives
Gender identity
Gender roles
Gender studies
Military occupations
Mothers
Occupied territories
Palestinian Authority
Palestinian people
Political discourse
Roadblocks
Sexual violence
Soldiers
Stereotypes
Toilets
Violence
Womens studies
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Zusammenfassung:Checkpoint Watch, an all-women Israeli organization who stand in small groups in two shifts at checkpoints mainly on the West Bank and protest the occupation, is critiqued. It is argued, in part, that CPW is not only a peace organization, challenging nationalism and militarism, but also a feminist organization, operating against sexism.
ISSN:0097-9740
1545-6943
DOI:10.1086/512623