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Women and the holy city : the struggle over Jerusalem's sacred space / Lihi Ben Shitrit

Author
Ben Shitrit, Lihi, 1981-
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Physical Description
x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Summary
Jerusalem's Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif is the holiest place in the world for Jews, the third holiest place for Muslims and a constant feature in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet the gendered dimensions of inter-communal disputes over sacred space in Jerusalem, as well as in other holy places around the world, have been largely neglected, as have women's roles in these site-specific conflicts. An implicit association of women with peaceful politics and syncretic religious practices has obscured the fact that women are often key actors in inter-communal contestation of holy places. This study looks to three contemporary women's movements in and around Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade: Women for the Temple - a Jewish Orthodox movement for access to Temple Mount; The Murabitat - Muslim women activists devoted to the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Jewish claims; and Women of the Wall - a Jewish feminist mobilization against restrictive gender regulations at the Western Wall. Lihi Ben-Shitrit demonstrates how attention to gender and to women's engagement in conflict over sacred places is essential for understanding what makes contested sacred sites increasingly 'indivisible' for parties in the inter-communal context.
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ISBN
1108485472 (hardcover)
9781108485470 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
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