Daniel Monterescu

Jaffa Shared and Shattered

Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-253-01683-6
EAN: 9780253016836
Produktnummer: 20454101
Verlag: Indiana University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'332 KB
Abbildungen: 24 b&w illus.

Über den Autor

Daniel Monterescu is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University. He is author (with Haim Hazan) of A Town at Sundown: Aging Nationalism in Jaffa and editor (with Dan Rabinowitz) of Mixed Towns, Trapped Communities: Historical Narratives, Spatial Dynamics, Gender Relations and Cultural Encounters in Palestinian-Israeli Towns.