Routledge Bodies, Power and Resistance in Middle East - Palestinian Territories

This scholarly examination explores how power dynamics and security measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territories have shaped Palestinian women's identities and experiences. The book investigates the mechanisms through which occupation targets and disciplines women's bodies, revealing how state control operates through everyday lived experiences often excluded from mainstream conflict narratives. By centring women's perspectives, the work exposes the intricate ways occupation functions beyond conventional military or political analysis, arguing that understanding women's daily encounters with power structures is essential to comprehending how control is exercised and maintained. Published by Routledge, this critical study challenges conventional approaches to conflict studies by demonstrating that gender and bodily autonomy are central to understanding occupation's effects. The analysis illuminates how resistance emerges from these intimate spaces of subjection, offering insights into the gendered dimensions of political control and survival in occupied territories.