Imagining Palestine - Cultures of Exile and National Identity (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Tahrir Hamdi
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-78831-340-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-78831-340-2
Barcode:	9781788313407

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