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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457649403321

Autore

Masalha Nur

Titolo

The Palestine Nakba [[electronic resource] ] : decolonising history, narrating the subaltern, reclaiming memory / / Nur Masalha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Books, 2012

ISBN

1-84813-973-X

1-78032-662-9

1-280-06376-9

9786613520005

1-84813-972-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

956.94052

Soggetti

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949

Refugees, Palestinian Arab

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 - Atrocities

Disasters - Psychological aspects

Collective memory - Palestine

Electronic books.

Palestine History 1929-1948

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Zionism and European settler-colonialism -- The memoricide of the Nakba : Zionist-Hebrew toponymy and the de-Arabisation of Palestine -- Fashioning a European landscape, erasure and amnesia : the Jewish National Fund, afforestation and green-washing the Nakba -- Appropriating history : looting of Palestinian records, archives and library collections, 1948-2011 -- Post-Zionism, the liberal coloniser and hegemonic narratives : a critique of the Israeli 'new historians' -- Decolonising history and narrating the subaltern : Palestinian oral history, indigenous and gendered memories -- Resisting memoricide, reclaiming memory : Nakba commemoration among Palestinians in Israel -- Epilogue : the continuity of trauma.

Sommario/riassunto

2012 marks the 64th anniversary of the Nakba - the Palestinian's flight



from Israel. This book explores ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba, dealing with the issue from within the context of Palestinian oral history.