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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810810403321

Autore

Yacobi Haim

Titolo

The Jewish-Arab city : spatio-politics in a mixed community / / Haim Yacobi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-134-06584-1

1-282-06486-X

9786612064869

0-203-87969-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; ; 5

Disciplina

305.80095694/8

Soggetti

Urbanization - Israel - Lod

Lod (Israel) Ethnic relations

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Orientalism and urban design in Mandatory Lydda; 2 From al-Ludd to Lod; 3 Architecture and the struggle over geography; 4 Territorialization and the city's geopolitics of fear; 5 Agents, enemies and the privatization of space; 6 Walking, inhabiting, narrating; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both exceptional and involuntary. Looking at Jewish-Arab relations in Israel in the context of the built environment, it is argued that there are complex links between socio-political relations and the production of contested urban space. The case study of one particular Jewish-Ar