Imagining Palestine - Cultures of Exile and National Identity

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>

Product details

• Authors: Tahrir Hamdi, Hamdi Tahrir
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781788313407
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-340-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies; Library of Modern Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Literary studies: general, Middle Eastern history, Refugees & Political Asylum, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities