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Blood, Bodies, and Violence: Gender and Women's Embodied Agency in the Egyptian Uprisings.

The article focuses on gender and women's embodied agency in the Egyptian Uprisings held in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. It mentions relation to counter-revolutionary discourses and violence from regime and then the military regime, and less in relation to the specific political circumstances, lik...

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Published in:Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 62 - 93
Main Author: Bogert, Kathrine Van Den
Format: Article
Published: University of Nebraska Press 2019
Subjects:
Egyptian revolution, Egypt, 2011
Public demonstrations
Violence
Elections
Virginity
Sexual harassment
Egypt
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on gender and women's embodied agency in the Egyptian Uprisings held in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. It mentions relation to counter-revolutionary discourses and violence from regime and then the military regime, and less in relation to the specific political circumstances, like the elections. It also mentions violence was oft en gendered and sexualized and police to sexually harass and touch female protestors and their virginity tests.