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Modern urban spaces are, by definition, mixed socio-spatial
configurations. In many ways, their enduring success and vitality
lie in the richness of their ethnic texture and ongoing exchange of
economic goods, cultural practices, political ideas and social
movements. This mixture, however, is rarely harmonious and has
often led to violent conflict over land and identity. Focusing on
mixed towns in Israel/Palestine, this insightful volume theorizes
the relationship between modernity and nationalism and the social
dynamics which engender and characterize the growth of urban spaces
and the emergence therein of inter-communal relations. For more
than a century, Arabs and Jews have been interacting in the
workplaces, residential areas, commercial enterprises, cultural
arenas and political theatres of mixed towns. Defying prevailing
Manichean oppositions, these towns both exemplify and resist the
forces of nationalist segregation. In this interdisciplinary
volume, a new generation of Israeli and Palestinian scholars come
together to explore ways in which these towns have been perceived
as utopian or dystopian and whether they are best conceptualized as
divided, dual or colonial. Identifying ethnically mixed towns as a
historically specific analytic category, this volume calls for
further research, comparison and debate.
Modern urban spaces are, by definition, mixed socio-spatial
configurations. In many ways, their enduring success and vitality
lie in the richness of their ethnic texture and ongoing exchange of
economic goods, cultural practices, political ideas and social
movements. This mixture, however, is rarely harmonious and has
often led to violent conflict over land and identity. Focusing on
mixed towns in Israel/Palestine, this insightful volume theorizes
the relationship between modernity and nationalism and the social
dynamics which engender and characterize the growth of urban spaces
and the emergence therein of inter-communal relations. For more
than a century, Arabs and Jews have been interacting in the
workplaces, residential areas, commercial enterprises, cultural
arenas and political theatres of mixed towns. Defying prevailing
Manichean oppositions, these towns both exemplify and resist the
forces of nationalist segregation. In this interdisciplinary
volume, a new generation of Israeli and Palestinian scholars come
together to explore ways in which these towns have been perceived
as utopian or dystopian and whether they are best conceptualized as
divided, dual or colonial. Identifying ethnically mixed towns as a
historically specific analytic category, this volume calls for
further research, comparison and debate.
This volume offers a comparative survey of diverse settler colonial
experiences in relation to food, food culture and foodways - how
the latter are constructed, maintained, revolutionised and, in some
cases, dissolved. What do settler colonial foodways and food
cultures look like? Are they based on an imagined colonial
heritage, do they embrace indigenous repertoires or invent new
hybridised foodscapes? What are the socio-economic and political
dynamics of these cultural transformations? In particular, this
volume focuses on three key issues: the evolution of settler
colonial identities and states; their relations vis-a-vis
indigenous populations; and settlers' self-indigenisation - the
process through which settlers transform themselves into the native
population, at least in their own eyes. These three key issues are
crucial in understanding settler-indigenous relations and the rise
of settler colonial identities and states.
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.
The city of Jaffa presents a paradox: intimate neighbors who are
political foes. The official Jewish national tale proceeds from
exile to redemption and nation-building, while the Palestinians' is
one of a golden age cut short, followed by dispossession and
resistance. The experiences of Jaffa's Jewish and Arab residents,
however, reveal lives and nationalist sentiments far more complex.
Twilight Nationalism shares the stories of ten of the city's
elders-women and men, rich and poor, Muslims, Jews, and
Christians-to radically deconstruct these national myths and
challenge common understandings of belonging and alienation.
Through the stories told at life's end, Daniel Monterescu and Haim
Hazan illuminate how national affiliation ultimately gives way to
existential circumstances. Similarities in lives prove to be shaped
far more by socioeconomic class, age, and gender than national
allegiance, and intersections between stories usher in a politics
of existence in place of politics of identity. In offering the real
stories individuals tell about themselves, this book reveals shared
perspectives too long silenced and new understandings of local
community previously lost in nationalist narratives.
This volume offers a comparative survey of diverse settler colonial
experiences in relation to food, food culture and foodways - how
the latter are constructed, maintained, revolutionised and, in some
cases, dissolved. What do settler colonial foodways and food
cultures look like? Are they based on an imagined colonial
heritage, do they embrace indigenous repertoires or invent new
hybridised foodscapes? What are the socio-economic and political
dynamics of these cultural transformations? In particular, this
volume focuses on three key issues: the evolution of settler
colonial identities and states; their relations vis-Ã -vis
indigenous populations; and settlers’ self-indigenisation – the
process through which settlers transform themselves into the native
population, at least in their own eyes. These three key issues are
crucial in understanding settler-indigenous relations and the rise
of settler colonial identities and states.Â
Against the gloomy forecast of "The Vanishing Diaspora", the end of
the second millennium saw the global emergence of a dazzling array
of Jewish cultural initiatives, institutional modalities, and
individual practices. These "Jewish Revival" and "Jewish Renewal"
projects are led by Jewish NGOs and philanthropic organizations,
the Orthodox Teshuva (return to the fold) movement and its
well-known emissary Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism, and alternative
cultural initiatives that promote what can be termed "lifestyle
Judaism." This range between institutionalized revival movements
and ephemeral event-driven projects circumscribes a diverse space
of creative agency, which calls for a bottom-up empirical analysis
of cultural creativity and the re-invention of Jewish tradition
worldwide. Indeed, the trope of a "Jewish Renaissance" has become
both a descriptive category of an increasingly popular and
scholarly discourse across the globe, and a prescriptive model for
social action. This volume explores the global transformations of
contemporary Jewishness, which give renewed meaning to identity,
tradition, and politics in our post secular world.
The city of Jaffa presents a paradox: intimate neighbors who are
political foes. The official Jewish national tale proceeds from
exile to redemption and nation-building, while the Palestinians' is
one of a golden age cut short, followed by dispossession and
resistance. The experiences of Jaffa's Jewish and Arab residents,
however, reveal lives and nationalist sentiments far more complex.
Twilight Nationalism shares the stories of ten of the city's
elders—women and men, rich and poor, Muslims, Jews, and
Christians—to radically deconstruct these national myths and
challenge common understandings of belonging and alienation.
Through the stories told at life's end, Daniel Monterescu and Haim
Hazan illuminate how national affiliation ultimately gives way to
existential circumstances. Similarities in lives prove to be shaped
far more by socioeconomic class, age, and gender than national
allegiance, and intersections between stories usher in a politics
of existence in place of politics of identity. In offering the real
stories individuals tell about themselves, this book reveals shared
perspectives too long silenced and new understandings of local
community previously lost in nationalist narratives.
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.
Against the gloomy forecast of "The Vanishing Diaspora", the end of
the second millennium saw the global emergence of a dazzling array
of Jewish cultural initiatives, institutional modalities, and
individual practices. These "Jewish Revival" and "Jewish Renewal"
projects are led by Jewish NGOs and philanthropic organizations,
the Orthodox Teshuva (return to the fold) movement and its
well-known emissary Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism, and alternative
cultural initiatives that promote what can be termed "lifestyle
Judaism." This range between institutionalized revival movements
and ephemeral event-driven projects circumscribes a diverse space
of creative agency, which calls for a bottom-up empirical analysis
of cultural creativity and the re-invention of Jewish tradition
worldwide. Indeed, the trope of a "Jewish Renaissance" has become
both a descriptive category of an increasingly popular and
scholarly discourse across the globe, and a prescriptive model for
social action. This volume explores the global transformations of
contemporary Jewishness, which give renewed meaning to identity,
tradition, and politics in our post secular world.
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