| ID | 134148 |
| Title Proper | Gender-culture double bind in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations |
| Other Title Information | a narrative approach |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Aharoni, Sarai B |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article investigates structural conditions for women's inclusion/exclusion in peace negotiations by focusing on the linkage between acts of gender stereotyping and cultural framing. Through a narrative analysis of semi-structured interviews with Israeli negotiators and administrators who participated in official negotiations during the Oslo peace process, I link two recent claims about how gender may affect negotiators' understandings of strategic exchange: the gendered devaluation effect and the gender-culture double bind hypothesis. Building upon postcolonial feminist critique, I argue that narratives about women and cultural difference (a) demonstrate and engage with Israeli essentialist and Orientalist discourses about Arab culture and masculinity; (b) manifest how ideas about strategic dialogue and negotiations are gendered; and (c) convey how policymakers and negotiators may use cultural claims to rationalize women's exclusion from diplomatic and strategic dialogue. Furthermore, the study implies that dominant framings of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as a binary East-West encounter need to be replaced by a more nuanced conceptualization of cultural identity that captures contextual aspects of difference, including the existence of military power and masculine dominance. |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Dialogue Vol.45, No.4; Aug.2014: p.373-390 |
| Journal Source | Security Dialogue Vol.45, No.4; Aug.2014: p.373-390 |
| Key Words | Gender ; Israeli-Arab Conflict ; Narratives Peace ; Negotiations ; Postcolonial Feminism ; Arab Culture ; Arab Spring ; Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations ; East-West Encounter ; Strategic Dialogue ; Diplomatic Dialogue ; Military Power |