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

• Autore: Yacobi Haim
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80095694/8
• Soggetto topico: Urbanization - Israel - Lod
• Soggetto geografico: Lod (Israel) Ethnic relations
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Jewish-Arab city
• ISBN: 1-134-06584-1; 1-282-06486-X; 9786612064869; 0-203-87969-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810810403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; ; 5.