Abstract
Intersectionality is applied to gender-occupation-minority inconsistent hierarchies, to as to explore the workplace-experience of Israeli Arab-Palestinian men service workers and unveil the multiple-geographies it contains. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 24 suchlike men emphasize complexity as the key feature of their intersectional experience. Whereas masculinity and Israeli-Palestinianess are forged against the feminine and Israeli-Jewishness Others, service work is de-feminized and restructured as a welcome modern development whose traditional Other is cherished. The disadvantages of their national-minority status are compensated by cross-national amity and routine occupational practices in the modern workplace, whereby some of their Othering markers are prized. The national difference appears as a multiple-discursive resource which mainly separates the ethnic component from the political one by which the effects of gender, modern work and class structure, weaken. Four geographies, periphery, home-work links, the sociability of the place of work and the MENA world-region are identified, suggesting that geography is integral to the intersectional experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 203-226 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Gender, Place, and Culture |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Arab-Palestinian citizens
- Israel
- intersectionality
- masculinity
- service work
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Demography
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
