Language and identity in the Israeli-Palestine conflict
Subtitle: the politics of self-perception in the Middle East
By: Camelia Suleiman
Series: Library of modern Middle East studies -- 115; Library of modern Middle East studies -- 115.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781848858190
Subjects: Self-perception; Group identity; Sociolinguistics; Political aspects; Arab-Israeli conflict; Language and languages; Language and culture
Description: "Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf and rivalries with Arab neighbours are subject to intense - and heated - speculation, controversy and debate. Here, Farzad Cyrus Sharifi scrutinises the rival Arab-Iranian claims to Bahrain, the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and the Abu Musa and Tunbs islands in the years after World War II and before the Iranian revolution. Through investigation of previously unexamined primary materials and interviews with leading players, this book sheds new light on the evolution and dynamics of hegemonic and nationalistic Arab-Iranian rivalries and how these rivalries began to find symbolic expression through territorial disputes. Sharifi illustrates that these ongoing disputes - and the deep-seated tensions still prevalent in Arab-Iranian relations - are largely rooted in how they were constructed in the post-World War II period, making this book vital reading for researchers of the politics, history, international relations and diplomacy of the Middle East."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-234) and index.