Jerusalem interrupted : modernity and colonial transformation 1917-present / edited and introduced by Lena Jayyusi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jayyusi, Lena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History--20th century.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem--History--21st century.

Jerusalem--International status.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

International law.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Olive Branch Press, 2015.

Summary:

Most histories of twentieth-century Jerusalem published in English focus on the city's Jewish life and neighborhoods; this book offers a crucial balance to that history. On the eve of the British Mandate in 1917, Jerusalem Arab society was rooted, diverse, and connected to other cities, towns, and the rural areas of Palestine. A cosmopolitan city, Jerusalem saw a continuous and dynamic infusion of immigrants and travelers, many of whom stayed and made the city theirs. Over the course of the three decades of the Mandate, Arab society in Jerusalem continued to develop a vibrant, networked, and increasingly sophisticated milieu. No one then could have imagined the radical rupture that would come in 1948, with the end of the Mandate and the establishment of the state of Israel. This groundbreaking collection of essays brings together distinguished scholars and writers and follows the history of Jerusalem from the culturally diverse Mandate period through its transformation into a predominantly Jewish city. Essays detail often unexplored dimensions of the social and political fabric of a city that was rendered increasingly taut and fragile, even as areas of mutual interaction and shared institutions and neighborhoods between Arabs and Jews continued to develop. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Arab Jerusalem and colonial transformation / Lena Jayyusi

The emergence of photography as a locally practiced trade in Jerusalem / Issam Nassar

Jerusalem, city of visual arts : the first half of the 20th century / Samia A. Halaby

Arab music and musicians in Jerusalem : the first half of the twentieth century / Elias Sahhab

Broadcasting a nationalist modernity : Arabic programming on the Palestine Broadcasting Service under Ajaj Nuwaihid (1940-1943) / Andrea Stanton

A window on the Palestinian press in Jerusalem before 1948 / Makram Khoury-Machool

Healing Jerusalem : colonial medicine and Arab health from World War I to 1948 / Sandy Sufian

Islamic ritual and Palestinian nationalism : al-Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Nabi Musa Festival in Jerusalem 1921 to 1937 / Awad Halabi

Jerusalem Arab women's politicization during the British mandate / Ellen L. Fleischmann

The silk threads of Jerusalem : attire and handicrafts during the British Mandate period / Widad Qaawar

Growing up Palestinian in Jerusalem before 1948 : childhood memories of communal life, education, and political awareness / Rochelle Davis

Growing up in Shaykh Jarrah : a short memoir / Subhi Ghosheh

The Shaykh Jarrah quarter in Jerusalem : a brief topographic-historical survey / Mohammad Ghosheh

Diverse absences : remembering and forgetting Arab-Jewish relations in the Jerusalem of the British empire / Tom Abowd

Translating truths : nationalism, the practice of archaeology, and the remaking of past and present in contemporary Jerusalem / Nadia Abu El-Haj

Christianity, Jerusalem and zionist exclusivity : the St John's Hospice incident reconsidered / Michael Dumper

In search of Jerusalem airport / Nahed Awwad

The Israeli redefinition of Jerusalem / Ahmad J. Azem

Imagining a just Jerusalem : citizenship and the 'right to the city' / Nasser Aboura

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1566567874

9781566567879

OCLC:

320804356

Publisher Number:

99962455942