Refugees of the Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : Experiences of Palestinian Exile
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| Autore: |
Allan Diana
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| Titolo: |
Refugees of the Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : Experiences of Palestinian Exile
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| Pubblicazione: | Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.892 |
| 305.892/7405692 | |
| 305.8927405692 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees -- Lebanon |
| Palestinian Arabs -- Lebanon -- Social conditions | |
| Refugee camps -- Lebanon | |
| Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Lebanon -- Social conditions | |
| Sha ̄ti ̄la ̄ (Refugee camp) | |
| Refugees, Palestinian Arab - Social conditions - Lebanon | |
| Palestinian Arabs - Social conditions - Lebanon | |
| Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 - Refugees - Lebanon | |
| Refugee camps - Lebanon | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work - General | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translations; Introduction; 1. Commemorative Economies; 2. Economic Subjectivity and Everyday Solidarities; 3. Stealing Power; 4. Dream Talk, Futurity, and Hope; 5. Futures Elsewhere; 6. Many Returns; Conclusion: The Roots of Exile; Notes; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their ""right of return."" Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preserving refugees in a way of life that ended abruptly with ""the catastrophe"" of 1948 and their camps-inhabited now for four generations-as mere zones of waiting. While reducing refugees to symbols of steadfast single-mindedness has been politically expedient to both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict it comes at a tr |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Refugees of the Revolution |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8895-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462681003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I