CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Cai, Huiming |
|---|---|
| Title | Palestinian-ness: Sperm-smuggling Case through the Lenses of Nationalism and Gender Studies |
| Summary | This research attempts to present and analyze the discovery of an interesting case that relates to the Palestinian sperm smuggling phenomenon from nationalism and gender perspectives. This phenomenon refers to Palestinian political prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment who have recently resorted to delivering their sperm to their distant wives in the West Bank and Gaza, then used for artificial insemination. As a nonviolent form of biopolitical resistance to the Israeli occupation system, its significance in contributing to Palestinian-ness development has been neglected due to political, religious, and moral ethnic sensitivities within the Israeli and Palestinian societies and consequently hindered attention at the international level. Regarding the particularity of Palestinian sperm smuggling stemming from the anti-occupational context, the symbolism of bodies is valuable to conceptualize this phenomenon while contributing to enriching the content of Sumud, which is seen as resilient resistance. A triangular interaction derived from it thus becomes apparent, involving this biopolitical act of resistance and its underlying relationships with the dynamics of gender-specific code and the new dynamics of Palestinian identity. Its evolution toward national discourse from the personal sphere also offers a new path to rethink Palestinian-ness through adopting the language of human rights. The methodology draws on qualitative phenomenological research, and interviews, case studies, content, and discourse analysis will be adopted to explore the complexity of participants’ lived encounters. |
| Supervisor | Michael Laurence Miller |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/cai_huiming.pdf |
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