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The United Nations Security Council, in 2000, unanimously passed a resolution calling for women's increased participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, as well as their protection during conflict. This marked the first time that the UN Security Council explicitly addressed gender issues in 'conflict' and 'post-conflict' situations. But what difference has this international agenda on 'Women, Peace and Security' made to women's lives on the ground and to the governance of international peace and security? This volume provides a critical evaluation of the mainstreaming of gender issues in matters of international peace and security resulting from the passage of Resolution 1325 in 2000. It considers how this agenda actually plays out in different contexts, and with what implications for women's activism and for peace and security. The picture that emerges is not uniform, obliging us to reconsider the links between gender, conflict, different visions of peace and, consequently, different projects of peacebuilding. Consequently, the book poses new questions for transnational feminist scholars and activists. This book was based on a special issue of the International Feminist Journal of Politics.

Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of various local and transnational groups - including women's movements, diaspora communities, national governments, non-governmental actors and multilateral bodies - interact to both intentionally and inadvertantly shape the experiences of women in conflict situations, and determine the possibilities for women's participation in peace-building and (post)-conflict reconstruction, as well as the longer-term prospects for peace and security. The volume pays particular attention to the ways in which gender roles, relations and identities are constructed, negotiated and employed within transnational social and political fields in the conflict and post-conflict situations, and their particular consequences for women. Contributions focus on the two countries with the longest experiences of war and conflict in the Middle East, and which have been subject to the most prominent international interventions of recent years - that is, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Issues addressed by contributors include the impact of gender mainstreaming measures by international agencies and NGOs upon the ability of women to participate in peace-building and post-conflict resolution; the consequences for gender relations and identities of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq; and how transnational feminist movements can most effectively support peace building and women's rights in the region. Based entirely on original empirical research. Women and War in the Middle East brings together some of the foremost scholars in the areas of feminist international relations, feminist international political economy, anthropology, sociology, history and Middle East studies.

The United Nations Security Council, in 2000, unanimously passed a resolution calling for women's increased participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, as well as their protection during conflict. This marked the first time that the UN Security Council explicitly addressed gender issues in 'conflict' and 'post-conflict' situations. But what difference has this international agenda on 'Women, Peace and Security' made to women's lives on the ground and to the governance of international peace and security? This volume provides a critical evaluation of the mainstreaming of gender issues in matters of international peace and security resulting from the passage of Resolution 1325 in 2000. It considers how this agenda actually plays out in different contexts, and with what implications for women's activism and for peace and security. The picture that emerges is not uniform, obliging us to reconsider the links between gender, conflict, different visions of peace and, consequently, different projects of peacebuilding. Consequently, the book poses new questions for transnational feminist scholars and activists. This book was based on a special issue of the International Feminist Journal of Politics.

The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism brings together new scholarship to challenge perceived paradigms, often dominated by orientalist, modernist or developmentalist assumptions on the Naqab Bedouin. The past decade has witnessed a change in both the wider knowledge production on, and political profile of, the Naqab Bedouin. This book addresses this change by firstly, endeavouring to overcome the historic isolation of Naqab Bedouin studies from the rest of Palestine studies by situating, studying and analyzing their predicaments firmly within the contemporary context of Israeli settler-colonial policies. Secondly, it strives to de-colonise research and advocacy on the Naqab Bedouin, by, for example, reclaiming 'indigenous' knowledge and terminology. Offering not only a nuanced description and analysis of Naqab Bedouin agency and activism, but also trying to draw broader conclusion as to the functioning of settler-colonial power structures as well as to the politics of research in such a context, this book is essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in Postcolonial Studies, Development Studies, Israel/Palestine Studies and the contemporary Middle East more broadly.

The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism brings together new scholarship to challenge perceived paradigms, often dominated by orientalist, modernist or developmentalist assumptions on the Naqab Bedouin. The past decade has witnessed a change in both the wider knowledge production on, and political profile of, the Naqab Bedouin. This book addresses this change by firstly, endeavouring to overcome the historic isolation of Naqab Bedouin studies from the rest of Palestine studies by situating, studying and analyzing their predicaments firmly within the contemporary context of Israeli settler-colonial policies. Secondly, it strives to de-colonise research and advocacy on the Naqab Bedouin, by, for example, reclaiming 'indigenous' knowledge and terminology. Offering not only a nuanced description and analysis of Naqab Bedouin agency and activism, but also trying to draw broader conclusion as to the functioning of settler-colonial power structures as well as to the politics of research in such a context, this book is essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in Postcolonial Studies, Development Studies, Israel/Palestine Studies and the contemporary Middle East more broadly.

During the last twenty years, Palestinian women have practiced creative and often informal everyday forms of political activism. Sophie Richter-Devroe reflects on their struggles to bring about social and political change. Richter-Devroe's ethnographic approach draws from revealing in-depth interviews and participant observation in Palestine. The result: a forceful critique of mainstream conflict resolution methods and the failed woman-to-woman peacebuilding projects so lauded around the world. The liberal faith in dialogue as core of "the political" and the assumption that women's "nurturing" nature makes them superior peacemakers, collapse in the face of past and ongoing Israeli state violences. Instead, women confront Israeli settler colonialism directly and indirectly in their popular and everyday acts of resistance. Richter-Devroe's analysis zooms in on the intricate dynamics of daily life in Palestine, tracing the emergent politics that women articulate and practice there. In shedding light on contemporary gendered "politics from below" in the region, the book invites a rethinking of the workings, shapes, and boundaries of the political.

During the last twenty years, Palestinian women have practiced creative and often informal everyday forms of political activism. Sophie Richter-Devroe reflects on their struggles to bring about social and political change. Richter-Devroe's ethnographic approach draws from revealing in-depth interviews and participant observation in Palestine. The result: a forceful critique of mainstream conflict resolution methods and the failed woman-to-woman peacebuilding projects so lauded around the world. The liberal faith in dialogue as core of "the political" and the assumption that women's "nurturing" nature makes them superior peacemakers, collapse in the face of past and ongoing Israeli state violences. Instead, women confront Israeli settler colonialism directly and indirectly in their popular and everyday acts of resistance. Richter-Devroe's analysis zooms in on the intricate dynamics of daily life in Palestine, tracing the emergent politics that women articulate and practice there. In shedding light on contemporary gendered "politics from below" in the region, the book invites a rethinking of the workings, shapes, and boundaries of the political.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1997 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 2,0, Universitat Potsdam (Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Realismo Magico, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der 1955 veroffentlichte Roman Pedro Paramo ist viel gelesen und interpretiert worden. Die Lesarten beziehen sich zumeist auf zwei Themenstrange, entweder auf das Motiv der Vatersuche oder auf die Thematik der Grossgrundbesitzer in Mexiko und die Revolution. Naturlich sind beide Themenkomplexe sehr weitlaufig und schliessen sich nicht gegenseitig aus. Zudem das Motiv der Vatersuche sich nicht ausschliesslich auf Pedro Paramo und Juan Preciado bezieht, sondern es lasst sich auf fast alle Personen im Buch ubertragen. In meiner Textanalyse geht es um verschiedene Aspekte der Raumkonzeption in Rulfos Roman. Zur Verdeutlichung werde ich einzelne Textstellen heranziehen. Dabei wird es insbesondere um die Wirklichkeit des Handlungsortes Comala gehen. Eine Betrachtungsweise ist eine Vermischung aus einem paradiesischen Comala, das von Dolores Preciado beschrieben wird und einem hollenartigen Comala, das sich aus den Erfahrungen Juan Preciados ergibt. Bei den unterschiedlichen Arten von Raumlichkeit im Roman werde ich mich vor allem auf die Grundlage des Werkes Imaginar Comala von Gustavo C. Fares stu

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Literaturgeschichte, Epochen, Note: 2,0, Universitat Potsdam (Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Dramatik des Andreas Gryphius, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Mit dem viel umstrittenen Begriff Barock" bezeichnet man im Allgemeinen das Zeitalter zwischen Renaissance und Aufklarung. Dieser Begriff ist auch heute fur die Kultur und Dichtung dieses Zeitraums gultig. Dichter wie Paul Fleming, Philipp von Zesen und viele andere reihen sich mit ihrem Gesamtwerk in diesen geistes- und dichtungsgeschichtlichen Rahmen ein. Themen und Sprache des Petrarkismus (Vorganger des Manierismus. Petrarcas Liebessprache wurde hier in ein System fester Klischees, etwa fur die Beschreibung der Schonheit der Frau aufgeschlusselt., Abstract: Die Analyse bezieht sich auf die Komik im Lustspiel allgemein, auf die Komik der einzelnen Figuren, sowie die Situationen, in denen sie sich befinden und auf ihre Sprache. Im Fazit werde ich zusammenfassend zur Bedeutung und Funktion der Komik dieses Lustspiels kommen.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Literaturgeschichte, Epochen, Note: 2,0, Universitat Potsdam (Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Schillers klassische Dramen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das am 14. Juni 1800 uraufgefuhrte und Ostern 1801 veroffentlichte Drama Maria Stuart von Friedrich Schiller, ein im Titel als historisch ausgewiesenes Stuck, ist paradoxerweise laut Schiller aus einem frei phantasierten, nicht historischen," sondern bloss leidenschaftlichen und menschlichen Stoff" entstanden. Auch wahrend seiner Vorstudien zu dem Drama dringt aus seinen Briefen die Lust an dem Dramaturgisch-Formalen des Themas durch, die die geschichtlichen Fakten an den Rand drangen. Auch, dass die als reizvoll empfundenen Darstellungen, dazu dienen, den Blick auf die Charaktere der zentralen Figuren zu richten, verrat ein Brief vom 11. Juni 1799 an Goethe: Die Idee, aus diesem Stoff ein Drama zu machen, gefallt mir nicht ubel. Er hat schon den wesentlichen Vortheil bei sich, dass die Handlung in einen thatvollen Moment concentriert ist und zwischen Furcht und Hoffnung rasch zum Ende eilen muss. Auch sind vortreffliche dramatische Charaktere darinn schon von der Geschichte hergegeben." Spater formuliert er sein Ansinnen noch deutlicher und beabsichtigt, die Hauptfiguren zwar aus dem geschichtlichen Kontext zu entnehmen, sie aber dennoch ausschliesslich uber das Menschlich-Personenhafte darzustellen. Die Freiheit der Fantasie soll uber die Geschichte gestellt werden. Trotzdem will Schiller sich an allem Brauchbarem aus der Geschichte bedienen: Ich fange schon jetzt an, bei der Ausfuhrung, mich von der eigentlich tragischen Qualitat meines Stoffs immer mehr zu uberzeugen, und darunter gehort besonders, dass man die Catastrophe gleich in den ersten Scenen sieht, und indem die Handlung des Stucks sich davon wegzubewegen scheint, ihr immer naher und naher gefuhrt wird. An der Furcht des Aristoteles fehlt es also nicht, und das Mitleid wird sich auch sch

Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of various local and transnational groups - including women's movements, diaspora communities, national governments, non-governmental actors and multilateral bodies - interact to both intentionally and inadvertantly shape the experiences of women in conflict situations, and determine the possibilities for women's participation in peace-building and (post)-conflict reconstruction, as well as the longer-term prospects for peace and security. The volume pays particular attention to the ways in which gender roles, relations and identities are constructed, negotiated and employed within transnational social and political fields in the conflict and post-conflict situations, and their particular consequences for women. Contributions focus on the two countries with the longest experiences of war and conflict in the Middle East, and which have been subject to the most prominent international interventions of recent years - that is, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Issues addressed by contributors include the impact of gender mainstreaming measures by international agencies and NGOs upon the ability of women to participate in peace-building and post-conflict resolution; the consequences for gender relations and identities of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq; and how transnational feminist movements can most effectively support peace building and women's rights in the region. Based entirely on original empirical research. Women and War in the Middle East brings together some of the foremost scholars in the areas of feminist international relations, feminist international political economy, anthropology, sociology, history and Middle East studies.