Artikel
Motherhood as a national mission : the construction of womanhood in the legal discourse in Israel
Verfasst von:
Berkovitch, Nitza
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
1997
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605 - 619 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Berkovitch, Nitza |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 1997 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The paper looks at the notion of womanhood that emerged from the discourse around two laws passed in the first years of the State of Israel: the 1949 "Defense Service Law" and the 1951 "Women's Equal Rights Law". Law is conceived of as "producing" the cultural meaning of "women" as a social category and defining its relations to the state. My main argument is that in this discourse, the Jewish-Israeli woman is constructed first and foremost as a mother and a wife, and not as an individual or a citizen. The construction of a distinct category of women that emphasizes women's difference takes place within an ideological context of the self-conscious myth of gender-equality. Motherhood is defined as a public role that carries national significance. And it is via this notion of "motherhood as a national mission" that women are incorporated into the state and not through the universal characteristics of cizizenship. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict, coupled with the central role that the family and the military play within the Israeli culture and society are the major determinants of this specific definition of Jewish-Israeli women's citizenship. | |
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