To rethink extraversion: Uses of empowerment, gender and feminism in Bedouin women's organizations in the Neguev (Israel)

The article focuses on the effects of circulation of notions of empowerment, gender and feminism into the extraversion strategies of Bedouin women's organizations in the Israeli Neguev. The study is based on a localized analysis of appropriation and reformulation of these frameworks of analysis...

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Published in:Cultures & conflits 2011-10 (83), p.57-77
Main Author: Marteu, Elisabeth
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Appropriation
Choices
Empowerment
Epistemology
Females
Feminism
Israel
Neutralism
Nomadic Societies
Sex
Social Change
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Summary:The article focuses on the effects of circulation of notions of empowerment, gender and feminism into the extraversion strategies of Bedouin women's organizations in the Israeli Neguev. The study is based on a localized analysis of appropriation and reformulation of these frameworks of analysis and action. It aims at understanding how local feminist and women's organizations build their repertoires of action under the effect of multi-level constraints and resources (local, national, international). Beyond the political neutralization of gender impulsed by international aid policies, we must understand how women's organizations perceive and use the notions of empowerment, gender and feminism. In a highly fragmented and conflictual context such as the Israeli-Palestinian context, the choice between these terms is all the more political as they can be considered as agents for social change and democratization, or a sign of a hegemonic neo-colonialism. Bedouin women's organizations in the Neguev are at the heart of these tensions. First, their study permits to rethink the transnationalization of ideas from the local reconfiguration process of feminist epistemology. Then it reveals the different strategies of adaptation and practical implementation of these concepts used by women's organizations. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1157-996X