Colonial Jerusalem : The Spatial Construction of Identity and Difference in a City of Myth, 1948-2012 /
This anthropological work draws on recent theories about racial politics, colonialism, and urban spatial dynamics to examine social segregation in Jerusalem. The author examines the physical manifestations--walls, checkpoints, and separate road networks-- as well as myths, memorials, and monuments i...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Syracuse, N.Y. :
Syracuse University Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This anthropological work draws on recent theories about racial politics, colonialism, and urban spatial dynamics to examine social segregation in Jerusalem. The author examines the physical manifestations--walls, checkpoints, and separate road networks-- as well as myths, memorials, and monuments in the "Jerusalem of Israel's imagination," national boundaries, gendered politics of residential life, terrorism, policing, and the demolishing of homes and buildings. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations ; |
ISBN: | 9780815652618 |