Refugees of the Revolution Experiences of Palestinian Exile

Name: Refugees of the Revolution Experiences of Palestinian Exile
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ISBN: 9780804774925

ISBN-10: 0804774927

ISBN-13: 9780804774925

Edition: 2013

Authors: Diana Allan

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Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their "right of return." Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preserving refugees in a way of life that ended abruptly with "the catastrophe" of 1948 and their camps—inhabited now for four generations—as mere zones of waiting. While reducing refugees to symbols of steadfast single-mindedness has been politically expedient to both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict it comes at a tremendous cost for refugees themselves, overlooking their individual memories and aspirations and obscuring…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration and Translations


Introduction



Commemorative Economies



Economic Subjectivity and Everyday Solidarities



Stealing Power



Dream Talk, Futurity, and Hope



Futures Elsewhere



Many Returns


Conclusion: The Roots of Exile


Notes


References


Index