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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abowd, Thomas Philip, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jerusalem, a colonial city under construction
  • Diverse absences: reading colonial landscapes old and new
  • Myths, memorials, and monuments in the Jerusalem of Israel's imagination
  • Arabs out of place: colonizing the old city
  • National boundaries, colonized spaces: the gendered politics of residential life
  • Appropriate places: terrorism, fear, and the policing of Palestinian men
  • Up from the ruins? demolishing homes and building solidarity in a colonial city.