Jaffa Shared and Shattered: Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine

di Daniel Monterescu (Autore)

Indiana University Press, 2015

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.

• Autore: Daniel Monterescu
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Collana: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 384 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 762 gr.
• EAN: 9780253016713

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