The Jewish-Arab city : spatio-politics in a mixed community / Haim Yacobi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yacobi, Haim. lat

Series:

Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 5.

Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Israel--Lod.

Urbanization.

Lod (Israel)--Ethnic relations.

Lod (Israel).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both exceptional and involuntary. Looking at Jewish-Arab relations in Israel in the context of the built environment, it is argued that there are complex links between socio-political relations and the production of contested urban space. The case study of one particular Jewish-Ar

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Orientalism and urban design in Mandatory Lydda; 2 From al-Ludd to Lod; 3 Architecture and the struggle over geography; 4 Territorialization and the city's geopolitics of fear; 5 Agents, enemies and the privatization of space; 6 Walking, inhabiting, narrating; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-06584-1

1-282-06486-X

9786612064869

0-203-87969-4

9780203879696

OCLC:

476267584