| Jaffa Shared and Shattered: Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine Contributor(s): Monterescu, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253016711 ISBN-13: 9780253016713 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
| Dewey: 956.948 |
| LCCN: 2015002896 |
| Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.60 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Binational cities play a pivotal role in situations of long-term conflict, and few places have been more marked by the tension between intimate proximity and visceral hostility than Jaffa, one of the mixed towns of Israel/Palestine. In this nuanced ethnographic and historical study, Daniel Monterescu argues that such places challenge our assumptions about cities and nationalism, calling into question the Israeli state's policy of maintaining homogeneous, segregated, and ethnically stable spaces. Analyzing everyday interactions, life stories, and histories of violence, he reveals the politics of gentrification and the circumstantial coalitions that define the city. Drawing on key theorists in anthropology, sociology, urban studies, and political science, he outlines a new relational theory of sociality and spatiality. |