Remembering Palestine in 1948 : beyond national narratives / Efrat Ben-Ze'ev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Ze'ev, Efrat, author.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 32.

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Personal narratives, Israeli.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Personal narratives, Palestinian Arab.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Personal narratives, British.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Influence.

Collective memory--Israel.

Collective memory.

Collective memory--Palestine.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Social aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens when narratives of war arise out of personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev examines the memories of those who participated and were affected by the events of 1948, and how these events have been mythologized over time. This is a three-way conversation between Palestinian villagers, Jewish-Israeli veterans, and British policemen who were stationed in Palestine on the eve of the war. Each has his or her story to tell. These small-scale truths shed new light on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as it was then and as it has become.

Contents:

Part I. Constructing Palestine: National Projects: 1. The framework; 2. The British cartographic imagination and Palestine; 3. Cartographic practices in Palestine: British, Jewish, and Arabs, 1938-1948

Part II. Palestine-Arabs Memories in the Making: 4. 1948 from a local point of view: the Palestinian village of Ijzim; 5. Rural Palestinian women: witnessing and the domestic sphere; 6. Underground memories: collecting traces of the Palestinian past

Part III. Jewish-Israeli Memories in the Making: 7. Palmach fighters: stories and silences; 8. The Palmach women

Part IV. British Mandatory Memories in the Making: 9. Carrying out the mandate: British policemen in Palestine; Conclusion and implications.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20477-1

1-139-17922-5

1-283-37832-9

1-139-18877-1

9786613378323

1-139-18749-X

1-139-19008-3

1-139-18286-2

1-139-18518-7

0-511-76173-2

OCLC:

782876921