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Diana Russell, n.d. 

Femicide and colonization: Between the politics of exclusion and the culture of control

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Asia and the Pacific

Executive Summary

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. This article is only accessible with journal subscription.

Author(s)

Nadera Shalhoub-Kervorkian
Suhad Daher-Nashif
The murder of women and girls under the pretense of “honor” has emerged as one of the most sensationalized issues in the global media and feminist analyses alike, especially as they pertain to Arab and Muslim societies.

 

 


 

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