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Femicide and Colonization: Between the Politics of Exclusion and the Culture of Control

NCJ Number
245925
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: March 2013 Pages: 295-315
Author(s)
Nadera Shalhoub-Kervorkian; Suhad Daher-Nashif
Date Published
March 2013
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This article explores the murder of women and girls, which we name it Femicide, among the Palestinian community living in Israel.
Abstract
This article explores the murder of women and girls, which we name it Femicide, among the Palestinian community living in Israel. Specifically, it analyzes how the dialectic interrelationship between informal and formal legal-social systems constructs the murders of Palestinian women. The data revealed that femicide is a crime empowered by the wider context of colonization and the increasing spatial segregation of Palestinian communities. The study confirms the need to move beyond simplistic cultural explanations of femicide, and pay closer attention to the ways in which the structure, politics and economy of death function in colonized spaces and contexts. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.

Publication Format
Article
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Language
English
Country
United States of America