Facts on the Ground - Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

Archaeology in Israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identity--and national rights--have long been asserted. But how and why did archaeology emerge as such a pervasive force there? How can the practices of archaeology help answer those questions? In this stirring book, Nadia Abu El-Haj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement, and the production of historical knowledge. She analyzes particular instances of history, artifacts, and landscapes in the making to show how archaeology helped not only to legitimize cultural and political visions but, far more powerfully, to reshape them. Moreover, she places Israeli archaeology in the context of the broader discipline to determine what unites the field across its disparate local traditions and locations.
Boldly uncovering an Israel in which science and politics are mutually constituted, this book shows the ongoing role that archaeology plays in defining the past, present, and future of Palestine and Israel.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	February 2002
Authors:	Nadia Abu el-Haj
Dimensions:	235 x 161 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	363
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-00194-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
LSN:	0-226-00194-6
Barcode:	9780226001944

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