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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451097903321

Autore

Schulz Helena Lindholm

Titolo

The Palestinian Diaspora [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003

ISBN

1-134-49669-9

1-280-14174-3

0-203-98903-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Global Diasporas

Disciplina

305.892/74

305.89274

Soggetti

Palestinian Arabs - Ethnic identity

Palestinian Arabs - Foreign countries

Palestinian Arabs

Middle East

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND GLOBALISM; 2 CATASTROPHE AND BEYOND; 3 PALESTINIANS IN THE WORLD; 4 STATELESS, ROOTLESS, HOMELESS; 5 RESISTANCE AND RETURN; 6 RIGHT OF RETURN, THE REFUGEES AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE PEACE PROCESS; 7 NEW HOMES AND IDENTITIES IN MOTION; 8 COMING HOME?; 9 NATIONALISM THROUGH TRANSNATIONALISM; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

From the refugee camps of the Lebanon to the relative prosperity of life in the USA, the Palestinian diaspora has been dispersed across the world. In this pioneering study, Helena Lindholm Schulz examines the ways in which Palestinian identity has been formed in the diaspora through constant longing for a homeland lost. In so doing, the author advances the debate on the relationship between diaspora and the



creation of national identity as well as on nationalist politics tied to a particular territory. But The Palestinian Diaspora also sheds light on the possibilities opened up by a t