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A tale of two narratives : the Holocaust, the Nakba, and the Israeli-Palestinian battle of memories
- Title
- A tale of two narratives : the Holocaust, the Nakba, and the Israeli-Palestinian battle of memories / Grace Wermenbol.
- Author
- Wermenbol, Grace, 1990-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Description
- xvii, 389 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging on into its eighth decade, by now, we are well-accustomed to reoccurring reports discussing the latest flare-up in violence. The vicissitudes of the Mideast conflict continue to dominate the international policy agenda, undeterred by the numerous failed attempts at reconciliation and the resulting entrenchment of the peace-adverse status quo. Despite the primary conceptualization of the conflict as a territorial dispute over borders and designated state territory, the interminable state of political confrontation and violence has had a profound effect on both Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish society. Palestinians and Israelis' worldview, past and present, has been affected by - and in turn influences - the ongoing dispute. This study is concerned with the usage of primary historical narratives as a means of group identity-formation and as a means of contextualizing and justifying political acts. In doing so, this book exposes the social taming of societies' pasts to become tales of empowerment which demonstrate the justness of today's cause and culminate in a rejection of the opponent's foundational narrative. The pasts inferred here are the Holocaust and the Nakba, which have turned into primary formative events among the two groups engaged in an intractable conflict"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge Middle East studies ; 63
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge Middle East studies ; 63.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-370) and index.
- Contents
- The post-Oslo period : a historical overview -- The Holocaust in Israeli textbooks : death and deliverance -- Teaching the Nakba : old wounds, new textbooks -- Recreating and reclaiming the lost homeland -- A past that does not pass -- Never forget and never again -- Preserving the past, mobilizing the past.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7902
- ISBN
- 9781108840286
- 1108840280
- 9781108794404
- 1108794408
- LCCN
- 2020037768
- OCLC
- 1204265469
- Author
- Wermenbol, Grace, 1990- author.
- Title
- A tale of two narratives : the Holocaust, the Nakba, and the Israeli-Palestinian battle of memories / Grace Wermenbol.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge Middle East studies ; 63Cambridge Middle East studies ; 63.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-370) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1949
- Other Form:
- Online version: Wermenbol, Grace, 1990- Tale of two narratives. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108885430 (DLC) 2020037769 (OCoLC)1204264691
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7902