Colonial Jerusalem
Subtitle: the spatial construction of identity and difference in a city of myth, 1948-2012
By: Thomas Philip Abowd
Edition: First edition.
Series: Contemporary issues in the Middle East; Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780815633488; 9780815652618
Subjects: Politics and government; Jews; Palestinian Arabs; Influence; Arab-Israeli conflict; Ethnic relations; Ethnische Beziehung; Social conditions; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jerusalem, a colonial city under construction; title: Diverse absences: reading colonial landscapes old and new; title: Myths, memorials, and monuments in the Jerusalem of Israel's imagination; title: Arabs out of place: colonizing the old city; title: National boundaries, colonized spaces: the gendered politics of residential life; title: Appropriate places: terrorism, fear, and the policing of Palestinian men; title: Up from the ruins? demolishing homes and building solidarity in a colonial city.