In the Land of the Patriarchs : Design and Contestation in West Bank Settlements / Noam Shoked.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shoked, Noam, author.

Series:

Lateral exchanges.

Lateral Exchanges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic.

City planning.

Human settlements.

West Bank.

Genre:

History

Case studies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2023]

Summary:

"An account of the design of West Bank settlements from 1967, when housing settlements were still an abstract idea, to the present, when they have become hotly contested. It addresses the complicated relationship between politics and the built environment and questions assumptions about politics and the built environment. The author looks closely at five settlements-Hebron, Ofra, Nofim, Beitar Illit, and Pnei Kedem-to analyze the settlement movement, the country Israel has become since 1967, and, more broadly, "the production of space in sites of political conflict." For Shoked, the role of contingency is key: government policy shaped the design of settlements, but so too did other actors. As Shoked writes, "the analytic categories of expert and user, above and below, frequently dissolve in the unfolding process of design, construction, and inhabitation.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Urban transplants

Community settlements

Quality-of-life settlements

Faithful cities

Outposts

Appendix : planning, design, and development agencies mentioned in the book.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-2785-1

OCLC:

1395141598