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Security and Suspicion : An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel /

In Israel, gates, fences, and walls encircle public spaces while guards scrutinize, inspect, and interrogate. With a population constantly aware of the possibility of suicide bombings, Israel is defined by its culture of security. Security and Suspicion is a closely drawn ethnographic study of the w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ochs, Juliana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
Colección:The Ethnography of Political Violence
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction: The Practice of Everyday Security
  • Chapter 1. A Genealogy of Israeli Security
  • Chapter 2. Senses of Security: Rebuilding Café Hillel
  • Chapter 3. Pahad: Fear as Corporeal Politics
  • Chapter 4. Embodying Suspicion
  • Chapter 5. Projecting Security in the City
  • Chapter 6. On IKEA and Army Boots: The Domestication of Security
  • Chapter 7. Seeing, Walking, Securing: Tours of Israel's Separation Wall
  • Epilogue: Real Fantasies of Security
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments