Research Catalog

Title

The making of a human bomb : an ethnography of Palestinian resistance / Nasser Abufarha.

Author

Abufarha, Nasser, 1964-

Publication

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

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Details

Description

x, 277 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"In The Making of a Human Bomb, Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian anthropologist, explains the cultural logic underlying Palestinian martyrdom operations (suicide attacks) launched against Israel during the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-06). In so doing, he sheds much-needed light on how Palestinians have experienced and perceived the broader conflict. During the Intifada, many of the martyrdom operations against Israeli targets were initiated in the West Bank town of Jenin and surrounding villages. Abufarha was born and raised in Jenin. His personal connections to the area enabled him to conduct ethnographic research there during the Intifada, while he was a student at a U.S. university. Abufarha draws on the life histories of martyrs, interviews he conducted with their families and members of the groups that sponsored their operations, and examinations of Palestinian literature, art, performance, news stories, and political commentaries. He also assesses data-about the bombers, targets, and fatalities caused-from more than two hundred martyrdom operations carried out by Palestinian groups between 2001 and 2004. Some involved the use of explosive belts or the detonation of cars; others entailed armed attacks against Israeli targets (military and civilian) undertaken with the intent of fighting until death. In addition, he scrutinized suicide attacks executed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad between 1994 and 2000"--Book cover.

Series Statement

The cultures and practice of violence series

Uniform Title

Cultures and practice of violence series.

Subjects

• Suicide bombers > Palestine
• Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993-
• Suicide bombings > Palestine
• Political violence > Palestine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 16-1675

ISBN

• 9780822344285
• 0822344289
• 9780822344391
• 0822344394

LCCN

2009006501

OCLC

306805907

Author

Abufarha, Nasser, 1964-

Title

The making of a human bomb : an ethnography of Palestinian resistance / Nasser Abufarha.

Imprint

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The cultures and practice of violence series

Cultures and practice of violence series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Other Form:

Online version: Abufarha, Nasser, 1964- Making of a human bomb. Durham : Duke University Press, 2009 (OCoLC)676303150

Research Call Number

JFE 16-1675