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Ethnography. Tribes of Israel

  • Israel in the Worldby Emanuel Adler

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95

    Since independence, Israel has lived with a paradox, needing and seeking legitimacy, understanding, and empathy from the world community while simultaneously also discounting the world. This volume reflects upon Israel?s troubled attempts to balance its desire to be different from a world that it simultaneously genuinely needs and that it also wants... more...

  • Company Cby Haim Watzman

    Argo-Navis 2012; US$ 4.99

    When American-born Haim Watzman immigrated to Israel, he was drafted into the army and, after eighteen months of compulsory service, was assigned to Company C, the reserve infantry unit that would define the next twenty years of his life. From 1984 until 2002, for at least a month a year, Watzman, who had never aspired to military adventure, was a... more...

  • Occupation Diariesby Raja Shehadeh

    Profile 2012; US$ 20.78

    It is often the smallest details of daily life that tell us the most. And so it is under occupation in Palestine. What most of us take for granted has to be carefully thought about and planned for: When will the post be allowed to get through? Will there be enough water for the bath tonight? How shall I get rid of the rubbish collecting outside? How... more...

  • The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynastyby Ilan Pappe

    Saqi 2012; US$ 17.49

    In this political biography, Ilan Pappe traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century. Viewing this sweeping saga through the prism of one family, the book sheds new light on crucial events ? the invasion of Palestine by Napoleon, the decline... more...

  • Orient lointain - proche Orientby Till R. Kuhnle; Carmen Oszi; Saskia S. Wiedner

    Narr Francke Attempto 2011; US$ 42.05

    Hauptbeschreibung La naissance du sionisme dans l'Europe de la fin du 19e siècle peut être ramenée à la croissance de l'antisémitisme. Notamment des évènements comme l'affaire Dreyfus ont contribué à créer une organisation pour mettre en oeuvre la fondation d'un État juif en Palestine. Or, les réflexions politiques et juridiques entreprises par Theodor... more...

  • Palestinian Village Historiesby Rochelle Davis

    Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 24.95

    This book chronicles the local histories written by modern Palestinians about their villages that were destroyed in the 1948 war. more...

  • Food for Thoughtby Julia Bernstein

    Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 36.65

    Hauptbeschreibung Russischsprachige Juden, die nach Deutschland oder Israel ausgewandert sind, leben in vielschichtigen sozialen Realitäten. Dazu gehört auch die Esskultur, die eine besondere Rolle für die Konstruktion von Identität spielen kann, wie Julia Bernstein zeigt. Ihre ethnografische Studie des Alltagslebens, von Lebensmitteln und Lebensmittelverpackungen... more...

  • Der Irak in Israelby Stefan Siebers

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 43.13

    Hauptbeschreibung Anhand der Bücher von Sami Michael und Eli Amir untersucht Stefan Siebers, inwieweit das westlich-zionistische Konzept von der jüdischen Nation mit klar definierten Grenzen aufgegangen ist. Ist der »Judenstaat« der uneinnehmbare Leuchtturm des Okzidents im Nahen Osten? Der Autor lädt uns ein, die Erzählungen und Romane der hebräischen... more...

  • The Plight of the Palestiniansby William A. Cook

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00

    A collection of voices from around the world that establishes in both theoretical and graphic terms the slow, methodical genocide taking place in Palestine beginning in the 1940s. Voices decrying in startling, vivid, and forceful language the calculated atrocities taking place. more...

  • Palestinian Identityby Rashid Khalidi

    Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 26.99

    This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood. Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the strength of Palestinian identity and social solidarity yet wondering whether current trends will... more...