Imagining Palestine : Cultures of Exile and National Identity Hardback
by Tahrir Hamdi
Part of the Library of Modern Middle East Studies series
Hardback
Description
All national identities are somewhat fluid, held together by collective beliefs and practices as much as official territory and borders.
In the context of the Palestinians, whose national status in so many instances remains unresolved, the articulation and `imagination’ of national identity is particularly urgent. This book explores the ways that Palestinian intellectuals, artists, activists and ordinary citizens `imagine’ their homeland, examining the works of key Palestinian thinkers and writers such as Edward Said, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Ghassan Kanafani and Naji Al Ali.
Deploying Benedict Anderson’s notion of `Imagined Communities’ and Edward Soja’s theory of `Third Space’, Tahrir Hamdi argues that the imaginative construction of Palestine is a key element in the Palestinians’ ongoing struggle.
An interdisciplinary work drawing upon critical theory, postcolonial studies and literary analysis, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Palestine and Middle East studies and Arabic literature.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/04/2020
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- ISBN:9781788313407
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781788313407
