Citation

Shalhoub-Kervorkian N, Daher-Nashif S. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(3): 295-315.

Affiliation

Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213485548

PMID

23676446

Abstract

This article explores the murder of women and girls, which we name 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.

Language: en