Feminist generations? The long-term impact of social movement involvement on Palestinian women's lives
Abstract
While there is an extensive literature addressing gender and women in social movements,
there is very little addressing the impact of such participation on individual women
in the aftermath of involvement. This article explores the individual impact of social
movement participation using longitudinal qualitative research with working-class
Palestinian women and argues that there exists among these former participants a "feminist
generation" that is differentiated by a gender-egalitarian ideology and a high sense
of self-efficacy. The article also argues that feminist subjectivities and possibilities
will be circumscribed and difficult to maintain without the structural and cultural
support provided by a stable, sovereign, and at least nominally democratic state and
accountable feminist organizations that are responsive to diverse groups of women.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19499Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1086/338974Publication Info
Hasso, FS (2001). Feminist generations? The long-term impact of social movement involvement on Palestinian
women's lives. American Journal of Sociology, 10(3). pp. 586-611. 10.1086/338974. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19499.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Frances S. Hasso
Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
I am a Professor in the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke
University with secondary appointments in the Department of History and Department
of Sociology. I taught in and directed the International Comparative Studies Program
at Duke from 2010-2015 and was a member of the Oberlin College faculty from 2000-2010.
I am Editor Emerita (2015-2018) of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

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