ISBN:
0415268206
,
0415268214
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 276 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Global Diasporas Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Palestinian Diaspora
DDC:
305.892/74
Keywords:
Repatriation
;
Refugees, Palestinian Arab
;
National characteristics, Palestinian
;
National liberation movements
;
Palestinian Arabs Politics and government 20th century
;
Palestinian Arabs - Foreign countries
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
From the refugee camps in Lebanon to the relative prosperity of life in the USA, the Palestinian diaspora has been dispersed across the world. In this pioneering study, Helena Lindholm Schulz examines the ways in which Palestinian identity has been formed in the diaspora through constant longing for a homeland lost. In so doing, the author advances the debate on the relationship between diaspora and the creation of national identity as well as on nationalist politics tied to a particular territory. But The Palestinian Diaspora also sheds light on the possibilities opened up by a transnational
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-266) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
