TY - JOUR
T1 - Using the dialogue tent to break mental chains
T2 - Listening and being heard
AU - Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera
PY - 2001/3
Y1 - 2001/3
N2 - Women are silenced by gender-biased practices that reward their obedience and punish them for speaking out. This is especially true of Palestinian women who live under sociopolitical oppression and are faced with a social reality that is sexist, patriarchal, and discriminatory. The dialogue tent introduced here offered a safe space for Palestinian women to break silence, critically consider their own experiences, and conceptualize and voice their feelings. The main aims of this contextually sensitive research were to open a dialogue with those who had been muted, to learn from them, and to search for creative methods to address their concerns.
AB - Women are silenced by gender-biased practices that reward their obedience and punish them for speaking out. This is especially true of Palestinian women who live under sociopolitical oppression and are faced with a social reality that is sexist, patriarchal, and discriminatory. The dialogue tent introduced here offered a safe space for Palestinian women to break silence, critically consider their own experiences, and conceptualize and voice their feelings. The main aims of this contextually sensitive research were to open a dialogue with those who had been muted, to learn from them, and to search for creative methods to address their concerns.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0040622213&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/591885
DO - 10.1086/591885
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AN - SCOPUS:0040622213
SN - 0037-7961
VL - 75
SP - 134
EP - 150
JO - Social Service Review
JF - Social Service Review
IS - 1
ER -