Making of a Human Bomb - An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance

Informationen zum Autor Nasser Abufarha is the Founder and Chair of the Palestine Fair Trade Association, based in Jenin, Palestine. He has a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Klappentext Claims that there is a cultural logic to Palestinian suicide bombings, and that these acts can neither be understood nor effectively countered without taking this into account. Zusammenfassung Claims that there is a cultural logic to Palestinian suicide bombings! and that these acts can neither be understood nor effectively countered without taking this into account. This title illuminates the Palestinians' perspective on the conflict with Israel and provides a model for ethnographers seeking to make sense of political violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Histories and Historicities in Palestine 26 3. State Expansion and the Violence of "Peace Making" in Palestine 64 4. The Carrier 99 5. Dying to Live 136 6. The Strategies and Politics of Martyrdom in Palestine 189 7. Conclusion 224 Appendix 243 Notes 245 Bibliography 259 Index 269

Product details

• Authors: Nasser Abufarha
• Assisted by: Jo Ellen Fair (Editor), Neil L. Whitehead (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2009
• EAN: 9780822344285
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4428-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence; Cultures and Practice of Viole; The Cultures and Practice of Violence; Cultures and Practice of Viole
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology