Imagining Palestine : cultures of exile and national identity / Tahrir Hamdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamdi, Tahrir, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.

Palestinian Arabs.

Palestinian Arabs--Ethnic identity.

National characteristics, Palestinian.

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Palestine--In literature.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2022

Summary:

"All national identities are somewhat fluid, held together by collective beliefs and practices as much as official territory and borders. In the context of the Palestinians, whose national status in so many instances remains unresolved, the articulation and 'imagination' of national identity is particularly urgent. This book explores the ways that Palestinian intellectuals, artists, activists and ordinary citizens 'imagine' their homeland, examining the works of key Palestinian thinkers and writers such as Edward Said, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Ghassan Kanafani and Naji Al Ali. Deploying Benedict Anderson's notion of 'Imagined Communities' and Edward Soja's theory of 'Third Space', Tahrir Hamdi argues that the imaginative construction of Palestine is a key element in the Palestinians' ongoing struggle. An interdisciplinary work drawing upon critical theory, postcolonial studies and literary analysis, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Palestine and Middle East studies and Arabic literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Beginning with Palestine - Imagining Palestine - Origins, Beginnings and Palestine

1. The Restless Spirit: Palestine Theorized - The Birth of Resistance Literature - Edward Said's Theoretical Oeuvre and Palestine - The Arab Intellectual and the Critical Consciousness 2. "Exile is the World Inside": Poetry and Palestine - Politics and Poetics, Occupation and Exile - The Palestinian Memoir: the Personal and the National

3. Writings on the Wall: The Voices of Occupied Palestine - The Art and Song of Palestine: From Naji Al Ali to the Apartheid Wall - Thinking from the Inside: Intellectuals, Political Prisoners and Activists Conclusion: A Living Cause

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755617852

0755617851

9780755617845

0755617843

OCLC:

1295020769