The Palestinian diaspora : formation of identities and politics of homeland / / Helena Lindholm Schulz with Juliane Hammer

• Autore: Schulz Helena Lindholm
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.892/74
• Soggetto topico: Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 20th century; National liberation movements - Palestine; National characteristics, Palestinian; Repatriation - Palestine; Refugees, Palestinian Arab
• Altri autori: HammerJuliane
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Between nationalism and globalism -- Catastrophe and beyond -- Palestinians in the world -- Stateless, rootless, homeless : meanings of homeland in exile -- Resistance and return : the politics of homeland -- Right of return, the refugees and the collapse of the peace process -- New homes and identities in motion -- Coming home?
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Palestinian diaspora
• ISBN: 1-134-49669-9; 1-280-14174-3; 0-203-98903-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820021003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global Diasporas