ISBN:
9780511621819
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 105
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
956.94/5
Keywords:
Politik
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Palestinian Arabs / Israel / Natsrat ʻIlit / Politics and government
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Juden
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Araber
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Natsrat ʻIlit (Israel) / Politics and government
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Nazareth
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Nazareth Region
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Juden
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Araber
Abstract:
A sophisticated and engaging ethnographic account of the Palestinian citizens of Israel, and the first since the 1970s, Overlooking Nazareth examines specific situations of friction, conflict and co-operation in Natzerat Illit. This Israeli new town is built on formerly Palestinian land, just outside the biblical town of Nazareth, and has a population of 25,000 Jewish Israelis and 3,500 Palestinians. Dr Rabinowitz has written widely on the current political situation in Israel and has conducted extensive fieldwork in Galilee, and he describes his study as a guided walk along a border, a sketch of interfaces 'where the complex, often paradoxical aspects of the border situation are negotiated and acted out most vividly'. He highlights the extent to which anti-Palestinian sentiments for which the town is known actually reflect widespread views of most Israelis. This is a major contribution to our understanding of the confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians. It offers powerful critique of reflexive anthropology and offers fresh insights into notions of ethnicity and identity, nationalism and liberalism
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511621819
URL:
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