Homelands and Diasporas - Holy Lands and Other Places

Informationen zum Autor André Levy teaches anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Alex Weingrod is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Klappentext "A stunning collection. Using the Israeli/Jewish/Palestinian problem as a central example and point of departure, the authors succeed in doing what classic anthropology does best: arguing a theoretical case from detailed ethnographic data but doing so in a context that is postmodern rather than merely modern. They engage currently fashionable ideas in a critical but constructive fashion, fusing their individually insightful analyses in a powerful vision of the complexities and unexpected developments that much earlier theorizing on these topics failed to anticipate or address." --Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University Zusammenfassung This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating! yet sometimes paradoxical! interactions

Product details

• Authors: Andre (EDT)/ Weingrod Levy, Andre Weingrod Levy
• Assisted by: Levy Andre (Editor), Andre Levy (Editor), André Levy (Editor), Andrew Levy (Editor), Alex Weingrod (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2004
• EAN: 9780804747714
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4771-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous