Dilemmas of attachment : identity and belonging among Palestinian Christians / by Bard Helge Kartveit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kårtveit, Bård Helge, author.

Series:

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; Volume 112.

Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia (S.E.P.S.M.E.A.), 1385-3376 ; Volume 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--West Bank--Bethlehem--Social conditions.

Christians.

Palestinian Arabs--West Bank--Bethlehem--Social conditions.

Palestinian Arabs.

Christians--West Bank--Bethlehem--Biography.

Palestinian Arabs--West Bank--Bethlehem--Biography.

Bethlehem--Religious life and customs.

Bethlehem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an ethnographic account of contemporary Christian Palestinian lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Through individual life stories, Bård Kårtveit shows how Christians in the District of Bethlehem strive to live meaningful lives. Lives which are shaped by Christian-Muslim relations within the national community, the impact of Israeli presence in the Palestinian Territories, migration and homeland-diaspora relationships, and which are heavily influenced by changes in their local community and traditional family structures. By situating these stories in the changing political contexts of Palestine, from late Ottoman to Israeli/Palestinian Authority rule, the author engages with these general processes of patriarchal resistance to social change; the role of minorities in nation-building processes; the impact of Western interventions in the region; the rise of political Islam; and the impact of emigration in the Arab World.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Introduction: Palestinian Christians in the West Bank / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Bethlehem between Tradition and Modernity / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Christian-Muslim Relations: Land, Law and Family Protection / Bård Helge Kårtveit

National Identity, Attachments and Solidarity / Bård Helge Kårtveit

The Israeli Occupation: A Politics of Paralysis / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Bethlehem Emigration and Diaspora Relations / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Conclusion and Epilogue / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Appendices / Bård Helge Kårtveit

References / Bård Helge Kårtveit

Index / Bård Helge Kårtveit.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27639-4

OCLC:

893909925

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004276390 DOI