ISBN:
9789004271463
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (257 p)
Series Statement:
Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia
Series Statement:
Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Ser. v.112
Parallel Title:
Print version Dilemmas of Attachment : Identity and Belonging among Palestinian Christians
DDC:
305.6/756953
Keywords:
Bethlehem ; Religious life and customs
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Christians ; West Bank ; Bethlehem ; Biography
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Christians ; West Bank ; Bethlehem ; Social conditions
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Palestinian Arabs ; West Bank ; Bethlehem ; Biography
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Palestinian Arabs ; West Bank ; Bethlehem ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete
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Christentum
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Soziale Stellung
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Nationalbewusstsein
Abstract:
Bård Kårtveit offers an ethnographic account of contemporary Christian Palestinian lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Lives which are heavily influenced by changes in traditional patriarchal family structures; Christian-Muslim relations in the region; Israeli military presence; and the promise of migration
Description / Table of Contents:
Dilemmas of Attachment: Identity and Belonging among Palestinian Christians; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Palestinian Christians in the West Bank; 'Living Stones' - The Christians of Palestine; Christian Communities in Israel and Palestine; Contested Belonging; Main Themes; Palestine and Bethlehem as seen through the Literature; On Palestinian Christians; A Theoretical Framework; The Special Case of Christians in Palestine; 1 Bethlehem between Tradition and Modernity; Marriage and Family Relations; Patriarchy; Family Structures in Palestine
Description / Table of Contents:
Marriage Arrangements in PalestineChallenging Family Authority; The Burden of Authority; Conclusion; 2 Christian-Muslim Relations: Land, Law and Family Protection; Group-making and Framing; Historical Contexts and Shifts in Christian-Muslim Relations; Insecurity and Sectarian Concerns; Law and Order in the Palestinian Authority; Structural Vulnerabilities; Conclusion; 3 National Identity, Attachments and Solidarity; The Enforcement of National Solidarity; Palestinian Nationalism: Turning Points; Deterioration of Sectarian Relations; Nationalist Feelings Generated by International Events
Description / Table of Contents:
Divisive EventsNationalism in the Lives of Palestinian Christians; Nationalism and the Role of the Churches in Palestine; Conclusion; 4 The Israeli Occupation: A Politics of Paralysis; Biopolitics; A Politics of Paralysis; The Enclavization of the West Bank; Israeli Border Policies; The Expulsion of Palestinian Labor from Israel; Restrictions on Residency in Israel; The Flight of the Resourceful; Conclusion; 5 Bethlehem Emigration and Diaspora Relations; Perspectives on Migration; 'Homeland Claims' towards the Diaspora; A History of Bethlehem Migration; The Home Community and the Diaspora
Description / Table of Contents:
Migrants Networks as a Window to the WorldConclusion; Conclusion and Epilogue; Appendices; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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