Life After Ruin - The Struggles Over Israel''s Depopulated Arab Spaces

Informationen zum Autor Noam Leshem is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham. He has previously taught at Royal Holloway and Birkbeck, University of London. His research is primarily concerned with the intersection of spatial, political and cultural history. Klappentext Noam Leshem examines the radical transformation of Arab landscapes seized by Israel in the 1948 war. Zusammenfassung Noam Leshem examines the radical transformation of Arab landscapes seized by Israel in the 1948 war. By looking at the spatial history of Arab villages! Leshem highlights the intricate and often intimate engagements between Jews and Arabs in the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: tracing ruination; 1. Toward a spatial history in Israel; 2. Repopulating the emptiness: the spatiality and materiality of the overlooked; 3. Fences and defences: spaces of emergency; 4. On the road: from Salama to Kfar Shalem and back; 5. Housing complex: between Arab houses and public tenaments; 6. Sacred: the making and unmaking of a holy place; Conclusion: histories of the rough and charmless.

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• Authors: Noam Leshem, Noam (University of Durham) Leshem, Leshem Noam
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107149472
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14947-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, Human Geography