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22%OFFNahla Abdo - Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women´s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System - 9780745334936 - V9780745334936
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Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women´s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System

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Description for Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women´s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System Paperback. Drawing on oral history of female Palestinian political detainees, this book analyses their anti-colonial struggles in this overlooked subject. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSJ1; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Women throughout the world have always played their part in struggles against colonialism, imperialism and other forms of oppression. However, there are few books on Arab political prisoners, fewer still on the Palestinians who have been detained in their thousands for their political activism and resistance.

Nahla Abdo's Captive Revolution seeks to break the silence on Palestinian women political detainees, providing a vital contribution to research on women, revolutions, national liberation and anti-colonial resistance. Based on stories of the women themselves, as well as her own experiences as a former political prisoner, Abdo draws on a wealth ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
331g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334936
SKU
V9780745334936
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About Nahla Abdo
Nahla Abdo is an Arab feminist activist and a Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women's Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System (Pluto, 2014).

Reviews for Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women´s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System
'Reveals just how much of the history of anti-imperialist struggles is absent when women - especially Palestinian women freedom fighters - are overlooked'
Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz 'By interviewing Palestinian women political detainees and by situating their experiences both historically and globally, Abdo fills an important gap ... Read more

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