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The making of a human bomb : an ethnography of Palestinian resistance / Nasser Abufarha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abufarha, Nasser, 1964-
- Series:
- Cultures and practice of violence series.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- The cultures and practice of violence series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suicide bombers--Palestine.
- Suicide bombers.
- Suicide bombings--Palestine.
- Suicide bombings.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Political violence--Palestine.
- Political violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Claims that there is a cultural logic to Palestinian suicide bombings, and that these acts can neither be understood nor effectively countered without taking this into account.
- Contents:
- Histories and historicities in Palestine
- State expansion and the violence of "peace making" in Palestine
- The carrier
- Dying to live
- The strategies and politics of martyrdom in Palestine.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613036438
- 9781283036436
- 1283036436
- 9780822392118
- 0822392119
- OCLC:
- 492387879
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