ISBN:
9780253016836
,
0253016835
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Series Statement:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
DDC:
956.94/8
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Juden
;
Palästinenser
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Palestinian Arabs
;
Jaffa
;
Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) Social conditions 20th century
;
Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) Ethnic relations
;
History
Abstract:
"Multiethnic cities--where the political "other" is also a neighbor--play a pivotal role in situations of long-term conflict, and few places have been more marked by the tension between intimate proximity and visceral hostility than Jaffa, one of the "mixed towns" of Israel/Palestine. Daniel Monterescu argues that such places challenge our assumptions about national identity and challenge the Israeli state's goal of maintaining homogeneous, segregated, and ethnically stable spaces. In this nuanced ethnographic and historical study, he analyzes everyday interactions, life histories, and uses of space, describing the politics of gentrification and the circumstantial coalitions that define the city. Drawing on key theorists in anthropology, sociology, urban studies, and political science he outlines a relational theory of sociality and spatiality"--...
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/41048
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