How are the structures of power and the notion of agency among Syrian women during the recent
Syrian conflict connected? To explore this matter Rand El Zein investigates gender politics
around displacement conflict the body and the nation. In doing so she outstandingly
reconciles critical media theory as myriad and productive with the theoretical concepts on
subjectivity power performativity neoliberalism and humanitarian governance. The book
examines how the Arab television news discursively represented the experiences of Syrian women
during the conflict in relation to the four main concepts: violence vulnerability resilience
and resistance.
