Middle Eastern history Books
University of Illinois Press Syrian and Lebanese Patricios in São Paulo
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book makes a seminal contribution by putting Arabs on the map of Brazilian studies. Truzzi's attention to historical and sociological detail is impeccable in the mercantile trajectories of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants. The prose flows, the small vignettes are memorable, and the occasional statistic priceless."--John Tofik Karam, author of Another Arabesque: Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil"Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo tackles classic themes in immigration studies. With a focus on different forms of labor integration including peddling, shop ownership, and industrial entrepreneurship, Oswaldo Truzzi provides new perspectives for analyzing ethnicity in Latin America."--Jeffrey Lesser, author of Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present
£77.35
MO - University of Illinois Press Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Burçe Çelik’s book is a superbly documented contribution to the geopolitics of information. For all those interested in a non-Western perspective on global communication, it is an absolute must read.”--Cees Hamelink, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations The Ottoman Empire Map, 1830 Introduction Empire Versus Imperialism: Communicative Struggles over Reproduction of the Empire Nation-Building by Communications Developmentalism and the Militarization of Communications Neoliberal Militarism Wiring a New Turkey through Neoliberal and Islamist Populism Epilogue Notes Index
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Talking Back to the West
Book SynopsisIn the 2010s, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began to mobilize an international media system to project Turkey as a rising player and counter foreign criticism of its authoritarian practices. Bilge Yesil examines the AKP’s English-language communication apparatus, focusing on its objectives and outcomes, the idea-generating framework that undergirds it, and the implications of its activities. She also analyzes the decolonial and pan-Islamist messages AKP-sponsored outlets deploy to position Turkey as a burgeoning great power opposed to imperialism and claiming to be the voice of oppressed Muslims around the world. As the AKP wields this rhetoric to further its geopolitical and economic goals, media outlets pursue their own objectives by obfuscating facts with identity politics, demonizing the West to aggrandize the East and rallying Muslims under Turkey’s purportedly benevolent leadership. Insightfully exploring the crossroads of communication
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Israel and the American National Interest
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Israel's special relationship with the united States has come under close public scrutiny in recent months following revelations about Israeli involvement in the Iran-Contra and Jonathan Pollard spy scandals. Cheryl Rubenberg's controversial new book traces the evolution of that relationship from the Truman through the Reagan administrations and challenges the widely held view that close ties between Tel Aviv and Washington have served U. S. interests well in the Middle East. Indeed, she makes a convincing case that, in the two decades since 1967, U.S. policymakers have tended to confuse what is best for Israel with what is best for the United States and to ignore what she regards as the most pressing problem in the Middle East, the quest for a Palestinian homeland." -- Douglas Little, International History Review"Rubenberg has courageously joined the ranks of a 'few good men,' such as Ball and Findley, who have taken professional risks to defy the conventional wisdom surrounding an issue of great importance for generations to come in an increasingly militaristic age. Her book deserves to be read by both Israeli and Arab supporters In addition, it certainly should be read by those who perhaps have little or no sympathy for either side of the conflict but whose concern for American interests is paramount." -- Roberta L. Coles, American-Arab Affairs"Rubenberg has skillfully peeled away the dark, heavy encrustations of mythology in which the Arab-Israeli conflict is cloaked, disclosing realities that bear little resemblance to those confronting the average American newspaper reader." -- George W. Ball, former under secretary of state"The single most satisfactory scholarly study, by far, of the United States-Israeli relationship." -- Richard Falk, author of The End of World Order: Essays on Normative International Relations"All of those concerned about the dangerous situation in the Middle East and the protection of our vital interests there should read and benefit from this valuable book."-- Fred J. Khouri, author of The Arab-Israeli Dilemma
£17.99
University of Illinois Press Ancient Records of Egypt
Book SynopsisChronicles the precarious reigns of King Akhenaten's successors and the political and legal reforms of King Horemheb, who succeeded to the throne after the passing of the last members of the royal family.Trade Review"In 1906, Breasted, America's first noted Egyptologist, published this series in which he presents a history of the golden age of Egypt gleaned from its records, many of which he was the first scholar to be allowed to study. This edition, the first in paperback, offers a new introduction by historian Peter A. Piccione, who places Breasted's work in a modern context. A solid series for academic libraries and priced so that public libraries also can afford them." -- "Classic Returns," Library Journal "The republication of this seminal work after nearly a century, by the University of Illinois, is as welcome as it is unexpected." -- Josef Wegner, OdysseyTable of Contentsv. 1. The first through the seventeenth dynasties -- v. 2. The eighteenth dynasty -- v. 3. The nineteenth dynasty -- v. 4. The twentieth to the twenty-sixth dynasties -- v. 5. Supplementary bibliographies and indices.
£28.80
University of Illinois Press Ancient Records of Egypt
Book SynopsisOffers information on the people, places, and inscriptions of ancient Egypt. This title covers such indices as the kings and queens, temples and geographical locations, divine names, and titles and ranks encompassed by three thousand years of Egyptian history. It includes indices of Egyptian, Hebrew, and Arabic terms mentioned in the texts.Trade Review"In 1906, Breasted, America's first noted Egyptologist, published this series in which he presents a history of the golden age of Egypt gleaned from its records, many of which he was the first scholar to be allowed to study. This edition, the first in paperback, offers a new introduction by historian Peter A. Piccione, who places Breasted's work in a modern context. A solid series for academic libraries and priced so that public libraries also can afford them." -- "Classic Returns," Library Journal"The republication of this seminal work after nearly a century, by the University of Illinois, is as welcome as it is unexpected." -- Josef Wegner, OdysseyTable of Contentsv. 1. The first through the seventeenth dynasties -- v. 2. The eighteenth dynasty -- v. 3. The nineteenth dynasty -- v. 4. The twentieth to the twenty-sixth dynasties -- v. 5. Supplementary bibliographies and indices.
£18.89
University of Illinois Press Afghanistan in the Cinema
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film that examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. It incorporates incisive analysis of the market factors, funding sources, and political agendas that have shaped the films.Trade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011. "In analyzing film depictions of Afghanistan, Mark Graham makes a wise and rarely heard argument about the ways the international art film festival circuit is guilty of ethnocentrism. An eloquent and challenging study with much potential for teaching and discussion around issues of the so-called clash of civilization between Islam and the West."--Ellen Seiter, creator of the documentary Projecting Culture: Perceptions of Arab and American Films"Afghanistan in the Cinema challenges us to see through the web of barely visible ideology spun by pundits and politicians."--ExpressMilwaukee.com"Thrillingly, dangerously pivotal. If the value of movies about Afghanistan is understanding Afghanistan, this book is a wonder. Essential."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Haunted Eyes 1PART 1: IMPERIALIST NOSTALGIA 1. Getting in Touch with Our Inner Savage: The Horsemen 11 2. Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan: The Man Who Would Be King 22 3. The New Great Game: Rambo III, The Beast, and Charlie Wilson's War 36PART 2: THE BURQA FILMS 4. Land without Images: Kandahar 59 5. Afghan Gothic: Osama 85PART 3: BORDER CROSSINGS 6. The West Unveiled: In This World 113 7. The Poetry of Silence: Ellipsis 130 8. A Way to Feel Good Again: The Kite Runner 146 Conclusion: Ending Charlie Wilson's War 165 Notes 169 Bibliography 181 Index 193
£18.04
University of Illinois Press Media in New Turkey
Book SynopsisIn Media in New Turkey, Bilge Yesil unlocks the complexities surrounding and penetrating today''s Turkish media. Yesil focuses on a convergence of global and domestic forces that range from the 1980 military coup to globalization''s inroads and the recent resurgence of political Islam. Her analysis foregrounds how these and other forces become intertwined, and she uses Turkey''s media to unpack the ever-more-complex relationships. Yesil confronts essential questions regarding: the role of the state and military in building the structures that shaped Turkey''s media system; media adaptations to ever-shifting contours of political and economic power; how the far-flung economic interests of media conglomerates leave them vulnerable to state pressure; and the ways Turkey''s politicized judiciary criminalizes certain speech. Drawing on local knowledge and a wealth of Turkish sources, Yesil provides an engrossing look at the fault lines carved by authoriTrade Review"The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey since the early 2000s and its overseeing of a growing economy and a forceful foreign policy have been one of the key forces shaping the Middle East in a turbulent decade bookended by the September 11 attacks and the Arab Uprisings. In Media in New Turkey , Yesil explores and explains the growth of Turkish media, its travails with the government, and its forays in the Middle East and Central Asia. Deftly eschewing media determinism, Yesil approaches Turkish media as a site of struggle between various strands of democratic and authoritarian politics, Islamism and neoliberalism. Both in its approach to the topic and in the important insights it provides, this book will be an original and lasting contribution to the literature on media, culture, and politics within and beyond the Middle East."--Marwan Kraidy, author of Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life"A very timely and enlightening book… Yesil uses considerable informal interview content as well as reference to abundant published sources to provide an excellent review of the processes that have undermined the rule of law in turkey, whether through state terrorism or political-economic collusion and corruption… Highly recommended."—Choice "From a historical point of view, the book successfully underlines the centralized authoritarian character of the state. . . . It serves as an essential guide for scholars and students investigating recent concerns and/or the rooted tensions in the media-politics-culture triangle."--International Journal of Communication"It is a real treat to read a work on the Middle Eastern media that shows the sociological sophistication employed by Bilge Yesil. This book is packed with stimulating ideas on Turkish media, state, and society that cut through the familiar mind-numbing clichés. Not only categories that have served Middle East experts for so long, but also the myth of Turkish Model dissolves under her scrutiny. This is a timely book and a must-read for students of international communications and any students interested in the contemporary Middle East."--Gholam Khiabany, author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity"Bilge Yesil's book is a fantastic introduction for those wanting to develop an understanding of the complex relationship between politics, economics, and the media in contemporary Turkey." --H-Net Reviews"A very well-researched book. Everyone interested in contemporary Turkey’s grim media landscape should read it."--Hurriyet Daily News
£20.89
University of Illinois Press Syrian and Lebanese Patricios in Sao Paulo
Book SynopsisSyrian and Lebanese immigrants to Brazil chose to settle in urban areas, a marked contrast to many other migrant groups. In São Paulo, these newcomers embraced new lives as merchants, shopkeepers, and industrialists, making them a dominant force in the city's business sector. Oswaldo Truzzi's original work on these so-called patrícios changed the face of Brazilian studies. Now available in an English translation, Truzzi's pioneering book identifies the complex social paths blazed by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants and their descendants from the 1890s to the 1960s. He considers their relationships to other groups within São Paulo's kaleidoscopic mix of cultures. He also reveals the differences--real and perceived--between Syrians and Lebanese in terms of religious and ethnic affinities and in the economic sphere. Finally, he compares the two groups with their counterparts in the United States and looks at the wave of Lebanese Muslims to São Paulo that began in the 1960s.Trade Review"This book makes a seminal contribution by putting Arabs on the map of Brazilian studies. Truzzi's attention to historical and sociological detail is impeccable in the mercantile trajectories of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants. The prose flows, the small vignettes are memorable, and the occasional statistic priceless."--John Tofik Karam, author of Another Arabesque: Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil"Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo tackles classic themes in immigration studies. With a focus on different forms of labor integration including peddling, shop ownership, and industrial entrepreneurship, Oswaldo Truzzi provides new perspectives for analyzing ethnicity in Latin America."--Jeffrey Lesser, author of Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present
£22.79
University of Illinois Press Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
Book SynopsisDe-Westernizing the communications history of Turkey and its imperial predecessor The history of communications in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey contradicts the widespread belief that communications is a byproduct of modern capitalism and other Western forces. Burçe Çelik uses a decolonial perspective to analyze the historical commodification and militarization of communications and how it affected production and practice for oppressed populations like women, the working class, and ethnic and religious minorities. Moving from the mid-nineteenth century through today, Çelik places networks within the changing geopolitical landscape and the evolution of modern capitalism in relationship to struggles involving a range of social and political actors. Throughout, she challenges Anglo- and Eurocentric assumptions that see the non-West as an ahistorical imitation of, or aberration from, the development of Western communications. Ambitious and comprehensiTrade Review“Burçe Çelik’s book is a superbly documented contribution to the geopolitics of information. For all those interested in a non-Western perspective on global communication, it is an absolute must read.”--Cees Hamelink, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations The Ottoman Empire Map, 1830 Introduction Empire Versus Imperialism: Communicative Struggles over Reproduction of the Empire Nation-Building by Communications Developmentalism and the Militarization of Communications Neoliberal Militarism Wiring a New Turkey through Neoliberal and Islamist Populism Epilogue Notes Index
£19.79
Indiana University Press A Zionist among Palestinians
Book SynopsisDetails one man's odyssey as an activist for peace and justiceTrade ReviewA compelling, thoughtful, and honest examination of a complex situation from a powerfully conscientious peace activist. * ForeWord Reviews *[A]s a panoramic view of . . . peace efforts by citizens on the ground during this turbulent period, Bardin's book allows the reader some wonderful insights. * National Catholic Reporter *A Zionist Among Palestinians is a testimony to the effort to bring about change, to educate Palestinians and Israelis about one another, and to touch them one at a time. * Jewish Book Council *Table of ContentsForeword by Mubarak Awad and Edward (Edy) KaufmanPreface1. Jericho I: Introduction to the Intifada2. Jericho II: The Dialogues3. Jericho III: The Black Scorpion4. Sur Bahir: The Forest5. Obeidiyah: Water in the Desert6. Beit Sahour I: Intense, Long-lasting Dialogue7. Ramallah I: A Soldier's Attempt to Promote Nonviolence8. Ramallah II and Prison9. Beit Sahour II: From Dialogue to Action10. Beit Sahour III: The Sleep-Over and the Prayer for Peace11. Beit Sahour IV: Out from the Underground12. Jabel Mukabber13. "Runners for Peace"14. Dehaisheh and the Settlers15. Bethlehem, Wadi Fukin, Nahalin, and Husan16. Nablus (Shechem) I: A Military Alliance17. Nablus (Shechem) II: Helping to Advance the Peace Process18. Jerusalem Municipal Elections and Meeting Arafat in Tunis19. Jericho IV: The Tourist Board20. Jerusalem Information Center21. Ibrahim and Isma'il22. Olive Trees and the Wall23. From Dialogue to Strategic Community ActivationConclusion: Is There Hope?AcknowledgmentsGlossaryNotesIndex
£26.59
Indiana University Press Loyal Unto Death
Book SynopsisFocuses on social and cultural mechanisms of loyalty to describe the circuits of trust and terror in Ottoman MacedoniaTrade ReviewLoyal Unto Death is a fascinating account of an anti-imperialist struggle that pushes readers to think beyond the nation. It will serve as a powerful resource for both students and scholars embarking on historical ethnography . . . Likewise, the book will be extremely valuable for those working on revolutionary movements in search of strategies to draw out the lived experiences of underground movements. * POLAR *[Keith Brown] takes as his central problem the question of how at the start of the twentieth century the Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (MRO) was able to grow so rapidly from a tiny band of conspirators to an organization capable of fielding some 20,000 participants in the Ilinden uprising of 1903. 119.5 * American Historical Review *Loyal unto Death is an innovative work that should inspire debate. * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Archival Imagination at Work 1. Terminal Loyalties and Unruly Archives: On Thinking Past the Nation2. The Horizons of the "Peasant": Circuits of Labor and Insurgency3. The Oath and the Curse: Subversions of Christianity4. The Archive and the Account Book: Inscriptions of Terror5. The četa and the jatak: Inversions of Tradition, Conversions of Capital6. Guns for Sale: Feud, Trade, and Solidarity in the Arming of MRO Conclusion: The Archival Imagination and the Teleo-logic of NationAppendix 1. Documents of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Appendix 2. Biographies from the Ilinden Dossier
£21.59
Indiana University Press The Arab Revolts Dispatches on Militant Democracy
Book SynopsisReveals the underlying causes of the revolts by identifying key trends during the last two decades leading up to the recent insurrectionsTrade Review[T]he contributors to The Arab Revolts . . . do an excellent job of filling in some of the gaps in Western media coverage, going beyond the dominant narrative of spontaneous youthful protests, aided by the use of social media, to show a foundation of protest built over decades. . . . This is not a book written by academics for academics, but rather serves as an introduction to readers from any background. The articles are generally free from convoluted jargon or theoretical frameworks that could otherwise limit potential readership. The authors tackle complex problems, but present them in a way that is useful for scholars, teachers, students, and general readers. * H-Empire *The editors of this exceptionally well-conceptualized collection have chosen writings that complement each other well. Each section begins with the present-day situation, and the subsequent essays describe the historical background of mass protests. At the end of each section is a writing that connects the historical themes back to the modern protest movements. * Against the Current *This excellent collection of articles from Middle East Report provides an unusually deep and wide analysis of the phenomena collectively known as the Arab Spring. . . . The articles are well written and accessible to students, as well as to general readers, and hold much interest to specialists in Middle East politics as well. * Review of Middle East Studies *For anyone trying to understand the processes of popular revolt and mechanisms of repression, The Arab Revolts is a good place to start. * Anthropology of Contemporary Middle-East and Central Eurasia *Table of ContentsIntroductionI. Tunisia1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen Nadia Marzouki2. Tunisia's Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer Amy Aisen Kallander3. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia: Back from the Democratic Brink Christopher Alexander4. Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty in Tunisia Stephen King5. The Making of North Africa's Intifadas Laryssa Chomiak and John P. Entelis6. Beyond Ghannouchi: Social Change and Islamism in Tunisia Francesco Cavatorta and Rikke Hostrup HaugbolleII. Egypt7. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution Mona El-Ghobashy8. Worlds Apart: An Egyptian Village and the International Tourism Industry Timothy Mitchell9. Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity Joel Beinin and Hossam El-Hamalawy10. Striking Back at Egyptian Workers Hesham Sallam11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State Issandr El Amrani12. Egypt's Generals and Transnational Capital Shana Marshall and Joshua StacherIII. Yemen13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis Sheila Carapico14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity Sheila Carapico15. Cracks in the Yemeni System Sarah Phillips16. The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen Susanne Dahlgren17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect Stacey Philbrick YadavIV. Syria18. Asad's Lost Chances Carsten Wieland19. The Resilience of the Syrian Regime Bassam Haddad20. The Evolution of Kurdish Politics in Syria Christian Sinclair and Sirwan Kajjo21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State Donatella Della Ratta22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime Peter Harling and Sarah BirkeV: Bahrain23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain Cortni Kerr and Toby Jones24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens Joe Stork25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain Sandy Russell Jones26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening Justin Gengler27. In the Kingdom of Teargas Gregg Carlstrom
£56.10
Indiana University Press Palestinian Music and Song
Book SynopsisExamines the many ways in which music has been a force of representation, nation building, and social action.Trade ReviewThis monumental contribution to Palestinian studies bridges the work of practitioners and scholars to make available rare oral histories, offer insights onto contemporary musical life, and redress issues of indigeneity and cultural resistance. Impressive in its scope and depth, the anthology's organizational structure enlivens debates between scholars while providing an historical apparatus for better understanding conditions of postcoloniality. It is an indispensable resource for those interested in Middle Eastern folklore, music, history, and politics. * Journal of Folklore Research *Overall, this book is a highly worthwhile read. With its variety of formats, it is appropriate for public libraries as well as academic ones. * Fontes Artis Musicae *Table of ContentsIntroduction Palestinian Music: Surviving in Song Moslih KanaanehPart 1: Background1. Palestinian Song, European Revelation, and Mission Rachel Beckles Willson2. A Musical Catastrophe: the direct impact of the Nakba on Palestinian musicians and musical life Nader Jalal and Issa Boulos interviewed by Heather Bursheh3. Negotiating the Elements: Palestinian Freedom Songs from 1967 to 1987 Issa BoulosPart 2: Identity4. Transgressing Borders with Palestinian Hip Hop Janne Louise Andersen5. Performing Self: Between Tradition and Modernity in the West Bank Sylvia Alajaji6. Realities for a Singer in Palestine Reem Talhami interviewed by Heather Bursheh7. Identity, Diaspora and Resistance in Palestinian Hip Hop Randa SafiehPart 3: Resistance8. Performative Politics: Folklore and Popular Resistance during the First Palestinian Intifada David A. McDonald9. Hamas' Musical Resistance Practices: Perceptions, Production, and Usage Michael Schulz and Carin Berg10. Palestinian Music: Between Artistry and Political Resistance Stig-Magnus Thorsén11. The Ghosts of Resistance: Dispatches from Palestinian Art and Music Yara El-Ghadban and Kiven Strohm
£999.99
Indiana University Press Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20thCentury Yemen
Book SynopsisIn early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. This book draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari'a for their own benefit and for the good of their community.Trade ReviewThis book offers an important contribution to the understanding of Jewish-Muslim relations under the shari'a, and to the study of Yemeni Jews. * Journal of Modern Jewish Studies *This book is broad and interesting and opens a new window for the study of the legal status of the Jews of Yemen in the twentieth century. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen . . . is a monograph that draws on literature studies, Islamic legal studies, history and anthropology. Students and scholars from all these fields as well as Yemeni studies in general will find this a rich and well written book. * Arabian Humanities *Mark S. Wagner has made an important and original contribution to the growing body of adaemic studies on Yemenite Jewish history and culture. . . Although the book's theme is how Jews negotiated life in a traditional Muslim society in which the Sharia was theoretically the overarching governing framework, Wagner also offers fascinating insights into the complexities of daily social, economic, and political life in Yemen. * AJS Reviews *A fascinating study indispensable to students and libraries interested in the tentative relationship between Muslims and Jews in the Middle East. * AJL Reviews *During the early twentieth century, Yemeni Jews operated within a legal structure that defined them as dhimmi, that is, non-Muslims living as a protected population under the sovereignty of an Islamic state . . . Wagner's work deepens our understanding of Muslim-Jewish relations in Yemen and the place of non-Muslims in Islamic law in general.6/20/15 * New Books in Jewish Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration Introduction1. The Islamic Judicial System and the Jews2. Changing God's Law3. Muslim Jews and Jewish Muslims4. Concord and Conflict in Economic Life5. Intercommunal Violence and the Shari'aConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£52.70
Indiana University Press Ten Arab Filmmakers
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTen Arab Filmmakers contributes in a positive, meaningful way to the general advancement of MENA studies in American institutions of higher education, encouraging students and the general public to learn about the Arab world from diverse perspectives. * Journal of North African Studies *Gugler has done an admirable job taking the reader on a complex but passionate journey through the work of ten Arab fi lmmakers. * Black Camera *Illustrated with arresting stills and superbly edited, this volume is sharp, incisive, and thought provoking. . . . Essential. * Choice *Ten Arab Filmmakers represents a timely and important resource for educators, scholars, and students. * Studies in Eastern European Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Auteur Directors, Political Dissent, and Social Critique Josef Gugler1. Nabil Maleh: Syria's Leopard (Syria) Christa Salamandra2. Jocelyne Saab: A Lifetime Journey in Search of Freedom and Beauty (Lebanon) Dalia Said Mostafa3. Michel Khleifi: Filmmaker of Memory (Palestine) Tim Kennedy4. Elia Suleiman: Narrating Negative Space (Palestine) Refqa Abu-Remaileh5. Youssef Chahine: Devouring Mimicries or Juggling with Self and Other (Egypt) Viola Shafik6. Daoud Abd El-Sayed: Parody and Borderline Existence (Egypt) Viola Shafik7. Yousry Nasrallah: The Pursuit of Autonomy in the Arab and European Film Markets (Egypt) Benjamin Geer8. Mohamed Chouikh: From Anti-colonial Commemoration to a Cinema of Contestation (Algeria) Guy Austin9. Merzak Allouache: (Self-)Censorship, Social Critique and the Limits of Political Engagement in Contemporary Algerian Cinema (Algeria) Will Higbee10. Nabil Ayouch: Transgression, Identity, and Difference (Morocco) Jonathan SmolinFilm IndexName Index
£56.10
Indiana University Press Ten Arab Filmmakers
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTen Arab Filmmakers contributes in a positive, meaningful way to the general advancement of MENA studies in American institutions of higher education, encouraging students and the general public to learn about the Arab world from diverse perspectives. * Journal of North African Studies *Gugler has done an admirable job taking the reader on a complex but passionate journey through the work of ten Arab fi lmmakers. * Black Camera *Illustrated with arresting stills and superbly edited, this volume is sharp, incisive, and thought provoking. . . . Essential. * Choice *Ten Arab Filmmakers represents a timely and important resource for educators, scholars, and students. * Studies in Eastern European Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Auteur Directors, Political Dissent, and Social Critique Josef Gugler1. Nabil Maleh: Syria's Leopard (Syria) Christa Salamandra2. Jocelyne Saab: A Lifetime Journey in Search of Freedom and Beauty (Lebanon) Dalia Said Mostafa3. Michel Khleifi: Filmmaker of Memory (Palestine) Tim Kennedy4. Elia Suleiman: Narrating Negative Space (Palestine) Refqa Abu-Remaileh5. Youssef Chahine: Devouring Mimicries or Juggling with Self and Other (Egypt) Viola Shafik6. Daoud Abd El-Sayed: Parody and Borderline Existence (Egypt) Viola Shafik7. Yousry Nasrallah: The Pursuit of Autonomy in the Arab and European Film Markets (Egypt) Benjamin Geer8. Mohamed Chouikh: From Anti-colonial Commemoration to a Cinema of Contestation (Algeria) Guy Austin9. Merzak Allouache: (Self-)Censorship, Social Critique and the Limits of Political Engagement in Contemporary Algerian Cinema (Algeria) Will Higbee10. Nabil Ayouch: Transgression, Identity, and Difference (Morocco) Jonathan SmolinFilm IndexName Index
£21.59
Indiana University Press Erased from Space and Consciousness
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKadman provides a description of the systematic process of obfuscation, concealment, and erasure of the ruined villages, and the creation of a new map—the Israeli national map, the map of the Jewish country standing upon the ruins of ancient Judea. . . . The publication of Kadman's book is a cultural event of the first rank. (Reviewing the Hebrew edition) -- Ariel Hirschfeld * Haaretz *Crucial reading for understanding the Arab-Israeli conflict. * Publishers Weekly *Erased from Space and Consciousness is a case study in how geography and demography interact, and how politics and ideology shape material reality, which in turn shapes public consciousness. * The Jordan Times *...An intelligent, well-researched and fluently translated book that casts new light on the ways in which the State of Israel and its institutions have tried to eradicate the memory of Palestinian habitation of Palestine and the social discourses and narratives which underpin this project. * Electronic Intifada *In an age when each side to this conflict staunchly holds to its narrative of the past, many Israelis are likely to regard Kadman's book as an unwelcome reminder of a part of that past they would like to disregard. For students of that history, however, this study adds an important layer to the story. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Until now, the evidence for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine has been available only through websites that record what happened . . . or general historical surveys. Now Kadman has provided an exhaustive treatment. And for historians, this will be the go-to-volume for years to come. * Christian Research Journal *[Kadman] has certainly established that any serious discussion of the future must acknowledge the depopulation of 1948 and counter the ongoing policies and practices of erasure and forgetting. If we don't know what happened, we can't understand what is happenning now or figure out what to do next. * Huffington Post *Kadman's meticulous account of the physical destruction and subsequent socio-cultural marginalization of the Palestinian villages that were depopulated by the militias that eventually merged into the Israeli Defense Forces makes significant scientific and political contributions. It also raises broader philosophical and epistemological questions with regard to the production, maintenance, and consequences of collective, politically institutionalized amnesia. * Antipode *This is an excellent book and an important contribution to the field of Israel-Palestine studies. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsForeword by Oren YiftachelAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsList of Foreign TermsIntroduction1. Depopulation, Demolition, and Repopulation of the Village Sites2. National Identity, National Conflict, Space, and Memory3. The Depopulated Villages as Viewed by Jewish Residents4. Naming and Mapping the Depopulated Village Sites5. Depopulated Villages in Tourist and Recreational SitesConclusion: The Remains of the Past, A Look Toward the Future Appendix A: Maps and Lists of the Depopulated Palestinian VillagesAppendix B: Official Names Given to Depopulated Palestinian Villages by the Government Names CommitteeAppendix C: Mapping the Depopulated Palestinian Villages over the DecadesNotesBibliographyIndex
£59.50
Indiana University Press Group Conflict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf
Book SynopsisThe oil-producing states of the Arab Gulf are said to sink or swim on their capacity for political appeasement through economic redistribution. Yet, during the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, in Bahrain and all across the Arab Gulf, ordinary citizens showed an unexpected enthusiasm for political protest directed against governments widely assumed to have co-opted their support with oil revenues. Justin Gengler draws on the first-ever mass political survey in Bahrain to demonstrate that neither is the state willing to offer all citizens the same bargain, nor are all citizens willing to accept it. Instead, shared social and religious identities offer a viable basis for mass political coordination. Challenging the prevailing rentier interpretation of political life in the Gulf states, Gengler offers new empirical evidence and a new conceptual framework for understanding the attitudes of ordinary citizens.Trade ReviewGengler presents a critical analysis examining the conventional wisdom of the rentier state theory and questions Bahrain's ability to buy the loyalty of its citizens despite its lagging political legitimacy. . . Recommended for upper-division undergraduate students of Middle Eastern studies. * Choice *This book is definitely unique and invaluable to anyone wanting a fuller understanding of the economic, political, and religious tensions within Bahrain that media outlets and published reports have scarcely revealed. * The Sociological Imagination *Using information gleaned from the first-ever mass political survey in Bahrain, Gengler challenges the assumptions underpinning rentier-state theory as applied to the Gulf nations. Reflecting on the Arab Spring uprisings, he argues that economic fulfilment does not inevitably breed political apathy. * Survival *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Mountain of Smoke: Bahrain, the First Post-Oil State1. Group-based Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf2. Al-Fātih wa al-Maftūh: The Case of Sunni-Shi'i Relations in Bahrain 3. Religion and Politics in Bahrain4. Surveying Bahrain5. Rentier Theory and Rentier Reality6. Political Diversification in the Age of Regime InsecurityAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press Music and the Armenian Diaspora
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMusic and Music and the Armenian Diaspora is a wonderful contribution to the study of Armenian music and a sophisticated exploration of what it means (and has meant) to be Armenian in the world. * H-Music *[S]omeone familiar with the path of the Armenian peoples—their various cultures, histories, and experiences in multiple contexts—would approach this book with apprehension and care, hoping and perhaps dreading to learn from the complex history, genocide, and rebirth/remaking of the Armenian people. In Music and the Armenian Diaspora . . . Sylvia Angelique Alajaji presents and explores all of these things through music and perspectives on music with clarity, compassion, and open eyes, in ways that are appropriately challenging and accessible to social scientists, historians, and anyone with a deep interest in Armenia or Armenian people. * Notes *Covering with much detail a wide variety of musical phenomena that have been hitherto ignored in Armenian music scholarship, Music and the Armenian Diaspora is a landmark work that challenges many of the orthodoxies about Armenian music as it is conceived of today. . . . The lucid writing style, the empatheic and observant attention to forgotten musical histories, and the excellent selection of included recordings, make Music and the Armenian Diaspora a book that deserves to be read by a wide range of readers interested in topics as varied as music and conflict, diaspora studies and the cultural dimensions of genocide. * The World of Music *Table of ContentsGuide to Online Media ExamplesIntroduction1. Ottoman Empire, 1890-1915: Komitas Vartaped and the Construction of "Armenia"2. New York, 1932-19583. Beirut, 1932-19584. Beirut, 1958-19805. CaliforniaNotesReferencesIndex
£52.70
Indiana University Press Performing alAndalus
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewShannon has proven once again his deep knowledge of the cultural and intellectual landscape of the region. . . . Through its comparative and cross-cultural perspective, Performing al-Andalus is accessible to a wide audience, addressing particularly those interested in how music interacts with memory cultures, ideologies of belonging and their circulation within a transnational context. * Ethnomusicology Forum *Jonathan Holt Shannon's Performing al-Andalus is evocative, accessible, compact, and innovative in its methodological and expository approach. These qualities make it an attractive text for undergraduate students, as well as for graduate seminars focused on Mediterranean studies, the ethnomusicology of the Middle East and North Africa, and the politics of culture and memory. * Review of Middle East Studies *[This] study is well-written, engaging, and supported by a substantial bibliography. . . . Recommended. * Choice *A sizeable body of literature has emerged in recent years that explores the musical legacies of al-Andalus from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. Jonathan Shannon's book is a crucial addition to this scholarship. * Music and Letters *Table of ContentsPreludeAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationOverture Performance, Nostalgia, and the Rhetoric of al-Andalus: Mediterranean Soundings 1. In the Shadows of Ziryab: Narratives of al-Andalus and Andalusian Music2. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Modern Syria, or, There and Back Again3. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Morocco: Genealogical Imagination and Authenticity4. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Spain: Nostalgic Dwelling among the Children of ZiryabFinalis The Project of al-Andalus and Nostalgic Dwelling in the 21st CenturyGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex
£52.70
Indiana University Press Music and the Armenian Diaspora Searching for
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMusic and Music and the Armenian Diaspora is a wonderful contribution to the study of Armenian music and a sophisticated exploration of what it means (and has meant) to be Armenian in the world. * H-Music *[S]omeone familiar with the path of the Armenian peoples—their various cultures, histories, and experiences in multiple contexts—would approach this book with apprehension and care, hoping and perhaps dreading to learn from the complex history, genocide, and rebirth/remaking of the Armenian people. In Music and the Armenian Diaspora . . . Sylvia Angelique Alajaji presents and explores all of these things through music and perspectives on music with clarity, compassion, and open eyes, in ways that are appropriately challenging and accessible to social scientists, historians, and anyone with a deep interest in Armenia or Armenian people. * Notes *Covering with much detail a wide variety of musical phenomena that have been hitherto ignored in Armenian music scholarship, Music and the Armenian Diaspora is a landmark work that challenges many of the orthodoxies about Armenian music as it is conceived of today. . . . The lucid writing style, the empatheic and observant attention to forgotten musical histories, and the excellent selection of included recordings, make Music and the Armenian Diaspora a book that deserves to be read by a wide range of readers interested in topics as varied as music and conflict, diaspora studies and the cultural dimensions of genocide. * The World of Music *Table of ContentsGuide to Online Media ExamplesIntroduction1. Ottoman Empire, 1890-1915: Komitas Vartaped and the Construction of "Armenia"2. New York, 1932-19583. Beirut, 1932-19584. Beirut, 1958-19805. CaliforniaNotesReferencesIndex
£18.99
Indiana University Press Performing alAndalus
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewShannon has proven once again his deep knowledge of the cultural and intellectual landscape of the region. . . . Through its comparative and cross-cultural perspective, Performing al-Andalus is accessible to a wide audience, addressing particularly those interested in how music interacts with memory cultures, ideologies of belonging and their circulation within a transnational context. * Ethnomusicology Forum *Jonathan Holt Shannon's Performing al-Andalus is evocative, accessible, compact, and innovative in its methodological and expository approach. These qualities make it an attractive text for undergraduate students, as well as for graduate seminars focused on Mediterranean studies, the ethnomusicology of the Middle East and North Africa, and the politics of culture and memory. * Review of Middle East Studies *[This] study is well-written, engaging, and supported by a substantial bibliography. . . . Recommended. * Choice *A sizeable body of literature has emerged in recent years that explores the musical legacies of al-Andalus from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. Jonathan Shannon's book is a crucial addition to this scholarship. * Music and Letters *Table of ContentsPreludeAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationOverture Performance, Nostalgia, and the Rhetoric of al-Andalus: Mediterranean Soundings 1. In the Shadows of Ziryab: Narratives of al-Andalus and Andalusian Music2. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Modern Syria, or, There and Back Again3. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Morocco: Genealogical Imagination and Authenticity4. The Rhetoric of al-Andalus in Spain: Nostalgic Dwelling among the Children of ZiryabFinalis The Project of al-Andalus and Nostalgic Dwelling in the 21st CenturyGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press Greek Orthodox Music in Ottoman Istanbul
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book . . . is a welcome addition to the field of Greek-Ottoman studies in the nineteenth century because it offers a sustained analysis of the much neglected theme of 'Greek-Orthodox' music in the troubled and complicated late Ottoman period. * Historein *Merih Erol's investigation of Greek Orthodox constructions of identity in the final decades of the Ottoman Empire does not only open up a new venue for the debates on the modern Ottoman social history but also offers ethnomusicological perspectives for various fields of social research in other geographical areas.Greek Orthodox Music in Ottoman Istanbul broadens and renews the research field of late Ottoman and Modern Greek musical and cultural history. * Middle Eastern Studies *This is a thoroughly researched, erudite, and original examination in Ottoman-Greek studies/history, which is also relevant to broader scholarship through the connections it builds with the history of European, Byzantine, and ancient music, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. * American Historical Review *This book is a great contribution to the fields of historical ethnomusicology, religious studies, ethnic studies, and Ottoman and Greek studies. It offers timely research during a critical period for ethnic minorities in the Middle East in general and Christians in particular as they undergo persecution and forced migration. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *Overall, the book impresses me as a sophisticated work that avoids the standard nationalist views on the history of the Ottoman Greeks. -- Risto Pekka Pennanen * University of Tampere, Finland *Highly recommended for academic libraries. * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The City's Greek Orthodox: An Overview2. Liturgical Music and the Middle Class3. Confronting the Musical Past4. The Music Debate and Tradition5. Music and National Identity6. Singing and Political AllegianceConclusion
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Indiana University Press The Dead Sea and the Jordan River
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *The Jordan River and its terminal lake the Dead Sea have been on center stage of Middle East mythology, history, and politics for millennia. Barbara Kreiger's story of the modern day demise of these waters and the urgent need for their rehabilitation is a must-read for anyone that wants to understand the relevance of water issues to the continuing turmoil in the region. -- Gidon Bromberg * EcoPeace Middle East *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *The Dead Sea and the Jordan River may not be standard reading material for those interested in books about Israel but its format as part travelogue, part history, and part review of the challenges facing this unique natural phenomenon makes it hard to put down. * The Times of Israel *In its sweep of history, Kreiger's book conveys a powerful sense of how the world was once viewed, as a source of never-ending wonder tinged with divinity, how that view shifted to accommodate the curiosity we call science and above all how, throughout several inventive millennia, the practice of subjugation has scarcely changed. * Times Literary Supplement *A rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Students of the Middle East will doubtless find this exhaustive report on the history and geopolitical details of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River indispensable. * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsPart I. This Strange Water1. Some Early History, Travellers, MythsPart II. Nineteenth-Century Exploration2. Three Sailors, and a River3. Along the Briny StrandPart III. Origins and Evolution4. The Life of a LakePart IV. Further Exploration5. Gentleman from Siberia6. A Lake DividedPart V. The Twenty-First Century7. The River and Lake in Distress8. Reclamation, and a Vision of the FutureAfterword
£19.79
Indiana University Press WorkerMothers on the Margins of Europe
Book SynopsisFollowing Moldovan women who commute for six to twelve months at a time to work as domestics in Istanbul, Worker-Mothers on the Margins of Europe explores the world of undocumented migrants from a postsocialist state. Leyla J. Keough examines the gendered moral economies that shape the perspectives of the migrants, their employers in Turkey, their communities in Moldova, and the International Organization for Migration. She finds that their socialist past continues to color how the women view their labor and their roles within their families, even as they are affected by the same shifts in the global economy that drive migration elsewhere. Keough puts scholarship on gender and migration into dialogue with postsocialist studies and offers a critical assessment of international anti-trafficking efforts.Trade Review"Anyone interested in the phenomenon of migration, particularly the gender dynamics of international migration and the politics of 'trafficking' in an era of globalization, will find this book an invaluable contribution... This is ethnography at its best." -Kristen Ghodsee, Bowdoin CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The "Returns" of Mobile Mothers2. Uplift in Gagauz Yeri3. Desiring a New Domestic4. Working in Istanbul5. Managing MigrationConclusion: Driven Women
£22.49
Indiana University Press The Politics of Suffering
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Suffering examines the confluence of international aid, humanitarian relief, and economic development within the space of the Palestinian refugee camp. Nell Gabiam describes the interactions between UNRWA, the United Nations agency charged with providing assistance to Palestinians since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and residents of three camps in Syria. Over time, UNRWA's management of the camps reveals a shift from an emphasis on humanitarian aid to promotion of self-sufficiency and integration of refugees within their host society. Gabiam's analysis captures two forces in tension within the camps: politics of suffering that serves to keep alive the discourse around the Palestinian right of return; and politics of citizenship expressed through development projects that seek to close the divide between the camp and the city. Gabiam offers compelling insights into the plight of Palestinians before and during the Syrian war, which has led to devastation in the camps and masTrade ReviewNell Gabiam's The Politics of Suffering is a deep anthropological engagement with the politics of citizenship and the practices of othering as it relates to the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. In a time of a major refugee crisis world-wide, this book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the shape of the needed global humanitarian response to these increasingly normalized conditions. -- Nezar AlSayyadGabiam's The Politics of Suffering takes us deep into the world of Palestinian refugees in Syria, an understudied and for the present inaccessible area for further research. Through her innovative and original work on the architecture of camp life she unfolds the confluence between humanitarian aid and development alongside the politics of the right of return and citizenship. A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Journal of Islamic Studies *Nell Gabiam's timely and original book makes an excellent contribution to the limited literature on Palestinian refugees in Syria. . . . A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Antipode *Gabiam's nuanced study of Syria's Palestinian community is an engaging and informative read. * Journal of Palestine Studies *The Politics of Suffering should earn a place on syllabi of courses in applied anthropology and the anthropology of the Middle East as well as the anthropology of migration. It makes critical contributions to those fields and opens up new conversations about the relations among refugeeness, place, and politics. * American Ethnologist * The Politics of Suffering is clearly written and accessible to a wide audience interested in refugee and diaspora studies, humanitarianism and development studies, and/or Palestinian studies. It can be effectively taught in both undergraduate and graduate courses addressing these topics. * City & Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Informal Citizens: Palestinian Refugees in Syria2. From Humanitarianism to Development: UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees3. Sumūd and Sustainability: Reinterpreting Development in Palestinian Refugee Camps4. "Must We Live in Barracks to Convince People We Are Refugees?": The Politics of Camp Improvement5. "A Camp Is a Feeling Inside": Urbanization and the Boundaries of Palestinian Refugee IdentityConclusion: Beyond Suffering and VictimhoodEpilogue
£21.59
Indiana University Press Spain Unmoored Migration Conversion and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Rogozen-Soltar's] methodological and theoretical approaches provide some lovely insights and very teachable moments about the complexities of European history, categorical difference, social alliances and betrayals, and identity itself. * City & Society *"An impressively accomplished ethnography of the ambivalent inclusion and exclusion of Islam and Muslims in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Detailing a set of social encounters between migrant Muslims, Spanish Muslim converts, and non-Muslim Granadians, Rogozen-Soltar successfully charts the 'unequal multiculturalism' resulting from the peripheral city's harnessing of a historical narrative of convivencia to its claims for a privileged position within Spanish and European cosmopolitan modernity. -- Paul SilversteinThis timely, well-researched and engaging book examines the ways Muslim residents of Granada see themselves, and are seen by others, in relation to Granada's Arab past. . . . [B]y illuminating many aspects of the relationships between and within Muslims and non-Muslims in Granada today, Spain Unmoored will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in Spain, Islam and multiculturalism in Europe today. * Anthropos *"Of all the book's persuasive arguments, what stands out is Rogozen-Soltar's careful engagement of the heterogeneity of Granada's Muslim community and her attention to the ways disparity figures into Muslims' relations with one another as much as their encounters with others. An insightful study of multiculturalism and religion in Europe, relevant to scholars, students, and general readers." * Choice Reviews *While Rogozen-Soltar's book is well grounded in anthropological theory, it is not dragged down by jargon or theoretical disquisitions unrelated to the subject matter at hand. On the contrary, Rogozen-Soltar centers her narrative on the analysis of field experiences and uses theory to enrich and contextualize her analysis. * Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: Between Convivencia and Malafollá: Coexistence or Exclusion?AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Andalusian Encounters and the Politics of Islam1. Historical Anxiety and Everyday Historiography2. Paradoxes of Muslim Belonging and Difference3. Muslim Disneyland and Moroccan Danger Zones: Islam, Race, and Space4. A Reluctant Convivencia: Minority Representation and Unequal Multiculturalism5. Embodied Encounters: Gender, Islam, and Public SpaceConclusion: Granada Moored and UnmooredBibliographyIndex
£59.50
Indiana University Press Modern Afghanistan
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs a broad yet detailed introduction to modern Afghanistan, this interdisciplinary collection of essays on social and political life in Afghanistan over the past 40 years is arguably one of the best available. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Impact of Four Decades of War and Violence on Afghan Society and Political Culture / M. Nazif Shahrani Part I: Technologies of Power—Competing Discourses on National Identity, Statehood and State Stability 1. Afghanistan: A Turbulent State in Transition / Amin Saikal 2. Afghanistan's "Traditional" Islam in Transition: Deep Roots of the Taliban Extremism / Bashir Ahmad Ansari 3. Language, Poetry and Identity in Afghanistan: Poetic Texts, Changing Contexts / Mohammad Omar Sharifi 4. Lineages of the Urban State: Locating Continuity and Change in Post-2001 Kabul / Khalid Homayun Nadiri and M. Farshid Alemi Hakimyar 5. Webs and Spiders: Four Decades of Violence, Intervention and Statehood in Afghanistan (1978-2016) / Timor Sharan 6. Merchant-Warlords: Changing Forms of Leadership in Afghanistan's Unstable Political Economy / Noah Coburn 7. Borders, Access to Strategic Resources, and Challenges to State Stability / Ahmad Shayeq Qassem 8. Brought to you by Foreigners, Warlords, and Local Activists: TV and the Afghan Culture Wars / Wazhmah Osman Part II: Personal and Collective Identities, Gender Relations, and Trust Deficit 9. "The War Destroyed Our Society": Masculinity, Violence and Shifting Cultural Idioms among Afghan Pashtun / Andrea Chiovenda 10. Engendering the Taliban / Sonia Ahsan 11. Anticipating Discontinuous Change: Afghanistan in Retrospect and Prospect / Robert L. Canfield and Fahim Masoud Part III: Adapting to New Political Ecology of Uncertainties at the Margins 12. Badakhshanis since the Saur Revolution: Struggle, Triumph, Hope, and Uncertainty / M. Nazif Shahrani 13. Hazara Civil Society Activists and Local, National, and International Political Institutions / Melissa Kerr Chiovenda 14. Adapting to Three Decades of Uncertainty: The Flexibility of Social Institutions among Baloch groups in Afghanistan / Just Boedeker 15. Party Institutionalization Meets Women's Empowerment? Acquiring Power and Influence in Afghanistan / Ann Larson Part IV: Violence, Social Services Delivery, and Rising Trust Deficit16. Childbirth and Social Change in Afghanistan / Kylea Laina Liese 17. Signatures of Distrust in Contemporary Afghanistan: More than a Decade of Development Effort for Vulnerable Groups; the Case of Disability / Parul Bakhshi and Jean-Francois Trani Index
£56.10
Indiana University Press Modern Afghanistan The Impact of 40 Years of War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs a broad yet detailed introduction to modern Afghanistan, this interdisciplinary collection of essays on social and political life in Afghanistan over the past 40 years is arguably one of the best available. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Impact of Four Decades of War and Violence on Afghan Society and Political Culture / M. Nazif Shahrani Part I: Technologies of Power—Competing Discourses on National Identity, Statehood and State Stability 1. Afghanistan: A Turbulent State in Transition / Amin Saikal 2. Afghanistan's "Traditional" Islam in Transition: Deep Roots of the Taliban Extremism / Bashir Ahmad Ansari 3. Language, Poetry and Identity in Afghanistan: Poetic Texts, Changing Contexts / Mohammad Omar Sharifi 4. Lineages of the Urban State: Locating Continuity and Change in Post-2001 Kabul / Khalid Homayun Nadiri and M. Farshid Alemi Hakimyar 5. Webs and Spiders: Four Decades of Violence, Intervention and Statehood in Afghanistan (1978-2016) / Timor Sharan 6. Merchant-Warlords: Changing Forms of Leadership in Afghanistan's Unstable Political Economy / Noah Coburn 7. Borders, Access to Strategic Resources, and Challenges to State Stability / Ahmad Shayeq Qassem 8. Brought to you by Foreigners, Warlords, and Local Activists: TV and the Afghan Culture Wars / Wazhmah Osman Part II: Personal and Collective Identities, Gender Relations, and Trust Deficit 9. "The War Destroyed Our Society": Masculinity, Violence and Shifting Cultural Idioms among Afghan Pashtun / Andrea Chiovenda 10. Engendering the Taliban / Sonia Ahsan 11. Anticipating Discontinuous Change: Afghanistan in Retrospect and Prospect / Robert L. Canfield and Fahim Masoud Part III: Adapting to New Political Ecology of Uncertainties at the Margins 12. Badakhshanis since the Saur Revolution: Struggle, Triumph, Hope, and Uncertainty / M. Nazif Shahrani 13. Hazara Civil Society Activists and Local, National, and International Political Institutions / Melissa Kerr Chiovenda 14. Adapting to Three Decades of Uncertainty: The Flexibility of Social Institutions among Baloch groups in Afghanistan / Just Boedeker 15. Party Institutionalization Meets Women's Empowerment? Acquiring Power and Influence in Afghanistan / Ann Larson Part IV: Violence, Social Services Delivery, and Rising Trust Deficit16. Childbirth and Social Change in Afghanistan / Kylea Laina Liese 17. Signatures of Distrust in Contemporary Afghanistan: More than a Decade of Development Effort for Vulnerable Groups; the Case of Disability / Parul Bakhshi and Jean-Francois Trani Index
£31.50
Indiana University Press Roots of the New Arab Film
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSituating Arab cinema in pertinent historical, social, economic, and political settings, this insightful, well-researched book abounds with interesting material about pioneering women filmmakers in Arab countries and less-popular documentary films, as well as prominent feature-length motion pictures. A must-read for anyone interested in cinema of the Arab world. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1. The International Era- Foreign Influences- The Role of Television- Feature Film Funding Mechanisms- Francophonie- Aid to the Cinemas of the South2. A New Independence - Beur Filmmaking in France- Algeria- Morocco- Tunisia- Egypt- Lebanon- Palestine- Iraq- SyriaBibliographyIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press Inside AlShabaab The Secret History of AlQaedas
Book SynopsisDrawing on insider interviews, journalists Maruf and Joseph recount the rise, fall, and resurgence of this overlooked terrorist organization.Trade ReviewFor military enthusiasts, Inside al-Shabaab has vivid descriptions of street-by-street fighting in Mogadishu as the extremists pushed the fragile Somali government to the edge of the sea. For those wondering how Somalia has never been able to shake off the threat, the book has piercing details of what still goes wrong both among Somalis and in the international community. * AP News *Featuring interviews with government officials, former al-Shabaab members, soldiers and numerous other sources, the authors leave no stone unturned in their quest to tell the story of just how al-Shabaab continues to operate and why it continues to attract young people. This is hugely informative painstakingly-researched book. * African Arguments *The book by Maruf and Joseph is a very readable, very informative and in passages thrilling account that provides partly unknown details for Somalia-specialists and a basis for reflection and comparison for counter-terrorism experts. Due to the style of writing, it is even accessible for interested non-specialists. The book is recommended strongly for thinking about and beyond the Somali setting. * African Affairs *Maruf and Josef, who are first-rate journalists, are to be congratulated on this work, which is tricky and somewhat dangerous. -- Kenneth Christie * ID: International Dialogue *Table of ContentsPart 1: Origins and Rise1. Jihad Arrives in Somalia2. The CIA, Warlords, and Ethiopia3. "The Real Jihad Has Just Started"4. Godane5. American Al-Shabaab6. Radical OrganizationPart 2: The Battle for Mogadishu7. "TFG IN GRAVE JEOPARDY"8. "We Want Anyone"9. Zenith and Stalemate10. The Ramadan Offensive 11. WithdrawalPart 3: On the Run12. Divisions and Purge13. The Road to Westgate14. No Place to HidePart 4: Resurgence15. Arresting the Decline16. The ISIS Incursion17. The Future of al-Shabab
£52.20
Indiana University Press From Schlemiel to Sabra
Book SynopsisIn From Schlemiel to Sabra Philip Hollander examines how masculine ideals and images of the New Hebrew man shaped the Israeli state.Trade ReviewHollander convincingly demonstrates the role of gender and sexuality in forming the Israeli state and in doing so demonstrates the place of literature as a force in politics as much as in the formation of culture. * ChoicdF *Philip Hollander sheds light on developments in Hebrew literature at the turn of the twentieth century that complicate and enrich our understanding of this period. Eschewing any simple equation of literary representation with masculine role modeling, Hollander identifies a cluster of male writers as advocates for "Self-Evaluative" masculinity. -- Anne Golomb Hoffman - Fordham University * AJS Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on Transliteration and TranslationGeneral Introduction. A Rhetoric of EmpowermentOf Their Time and Their Places: A Biographical Introduction to the Self-Evaluative WritersChapter 1. Holding Out for a Hero: Crisis and the New Hebrew ManChapter 2. "He Needs a Stage": Masculinity, Homosociality and the Public SphereChapter 3. Contested Masculinity and the Redemption of the Schlemiel Chapter 4. Homosexual Panic and Masculinity's Advancement Chapter 5. Self-Evaluative Masculinity's Interwar Apex and Eclipse Afterword. The Lesson, Legacy, and Implications of Self-Evaluative Masculinity Selected BibliographyIndex
£70.55
Indiana University Press From Schlemiel to Sabra Zionist Masculinity and
Book SynopsisIn From Schlemiel to Sabra Philip Hollander examines how masculine ideals and images of the New Hebrew man shaped the Israeli state.Trade ReviewHollander convincingly demonstrates the role of gender and sexuality in forming the Israeli state and in doing so demonstrates the place of literature as a force in politics as much as in the formation of culture. * ChoicdF *Philip Hollander sheds light on developments in Hebrew literature at the turn of the twentieth century that complicate and enrich our understanding of this period. Eschewing any simple equation of literary representation with masculine role modeling, Hollander identifies a cluster of male writers as advocates for "Self-Evaluative" masculinity. -- Anne Golomb Hoffman - Fordham University * AJS Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on Transliteration and TranslationGeneral Introduction. A Rhetoric of EmpowermentOf Their Time and Their Places: A Biographical Introduction to the Self-Evaluative WritersChapter 1. Holding Out for a Hero: Crisis and the New Hebrew ManChapter 2. "He Needs a Stage": Masculinity, Homosociality and the Public SphereChapter 3. Contested Masculinity and the Redemption of the Schlemiel Chapter 4. Homosexual Panic and Masculinity's Advancement Chapter 5. Self-Evaluative Masculinity's Interwar Apex and Eclipse Afterword. The Lesson, Legacy, and Implications of Self-Evaluative Masculinity Selected BibliographyIndex
£31.50
Indiana University Press Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers IsraeliArab
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers offers a refreshing approach to understanding the Israeli-Arab conflict and peace process. By examining the role of spoiling and spoilers, it engages the reader in questions about the potential for and challenges to peace in the region. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Theoretical and Historical Contexts / Galia Golan1. Spoiling International Peace Negotiations from Within the Room / Gilead Sher and Deborah Shulman2. The Leadership as a Spoiler / Roee Kibrik and Maya Kornberg3. Israel's Domestic Legal Struggle Against the Settlements: Spoiler-advancing, Spoiler-hindering, or Spoiler-Exposing? / Shlomy Zachary4. The American Jewish Diaspora as a Spoiler / Ofira Seliktar5. Visual Spoilers? Peace and Conflict in Israeli Political Cartoons / Tamir Shaeffer, Ilan Danjoux, Shira Dabir-Gvirshman, and Shaul Shenhav6. The Psychological Effects of Forced Evacuation: The Case of Jewish Settlers in the West Bank / Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Tamar Saguy, and Gilad Hirschberger7. Coping with Spoilers: A Comparative Analysis / Galia GolanIndex
£52.70
Indiana University Press Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers IsraeliArab
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers offers a refreshing approach to understanding the Israeli-Arab conflict and peace process. By examining the role of spoiling and spoilers, it engages the reader in questions about the potential for and challenges to peace in the region. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Theoretical and Historical Contexts / Galia Golan1. Spoiling International Peace Negotiations from Within the Room / Gilead Sher and Deborah Shulman2. The Leadership as a Spoiler / Roee Kibrik and Maya Kornberg3. Israel's Domestic Legal Struggle Against the Settlements: Spoiler-advancing, Spoiler-hindering, or Spoiler-Exposing? / Shlomy Zachary4. The American Jewish Diaspora as a Spoiler / Ofira Seliktar5. Visual Spoilers? Peace and Conflict in Israeli Political Cartoons / Tamir Shaeffer, Ilan Danjoux, Shira Dabir-Gvirshman, and Shaul Shenhav6. The Psychological Effects of Forced Evacuation: The Case of Jewish Settlers in the West Bank / Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Tamar Saguy, and Gilad Hirschberger7. Coping with Spoilers: A Comparative Analysis / Galia GolanIndex
£22.49
Indiana University Press The Unchosen Ones
Book SynopsisSince the refugee crisis of 2015, the topic of migration has moved to the center of global political debates. Jannis Panagiotidis looks at immigration from Germany to Israel in three individual cases where migrants were not allowed to enter the country, showing that migration is never a simple matter of moving from place to place.Trade ReviewPanagiotidis takes full advantage of the potential for comparison, delving into the minutiae of legislation, political disputes, and individual case studies. His conclusions are as insightful as they are startling. -- Joseph Cronin - Queen Mary University of London * AJS Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Foreign Terms, Translation, and TransliterationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Importance of the Unchosen OnesChapter 1: Originating DifferencesChapter 2: Free to ChooseChapter 3: Problematic OthersChapter 4: The Watershed PeriodChapter 5: The Soviet ExodusConclusion: The Rise and Demise of Co-Ethnic ImmigrationBibliographyIndex
£67.15
Indiana University Press Israeli Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBialer's book is an important compass for those standing on deck during this time of change, and a most useful theoretical framework for those who follow it from the ivory tower. -- Ehud Eiran * Strategic Assessment *Every so often, one comes across a new piece of scholarship that makes a signal contribution to our knowledge on a given subject. Such is the case with Uri Bialer's book on Israeli foreign policy....Bialer's book is highly recommended for all those interested in the fundamentals of Israel's foreign policy, and it will almost certainly become a standard work on the subject. -- Alfred Tovias * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs *A major book on Israel's foreign policy during the first 40 years of its independence. -- Chalom Schirman * Politique étrangère *Internationally renowned historian of Israel's foreign relations, Uri Bialer provides a fundamental volume that studies the path of the Jewish state's foreign policy from its birth in 1948 to the Oslo accords in 1993. -- Antonio Donno * Nuova Storia Contemporanea *Excellent and well-researched Israeli Foreign Policy: A People Shall Not Dwell Alone, provides any reader with an intelligent appraisal of landmarks in the history of Israel. It relies on fact and expertise – more public reality than public relations. -- Colin Shindler * The Jerusalem Post *If one seeks to learn about how the Jewish state has deployed its foreign policy for the benefit of the country, Bialer's book serves as a first-rate guide to this inquiry. It is sur to become a standard work on Israeli foreign policy for a long time to come. -- David Rodman * Israel Affairs *No single volume can correct the record with regard to how Israeli foreign policy is developed and executed. A good place to start, however, is Uri Bialer's overview of Israeli foreign policy, a single address for the student and layperson interested in the history, dynamics and challenges of Israel's efforts to secure its place among the family of nations. -- David Kurtzer * Israel Studies *Bialer's study provides a needed corrective to an American historiography that has been disproportionately preoccupied with questions surrounding the genesis and rationale of the special relationship between the United States and Israel. The strategic partnership between the two countries has undoubtedly been at the center of both Israeli and American geopolitical calculations in the region for the past six decades, but it is all too often portrayed as a patron-client relationship, whereby Israel as the junior partner is given little agency in defining the contours of the strategic partnership. -- Sonja Wentling, Concordia College Moorhead * H-Diplo *In his new and fascinating book, Uri Bialer examines Israel's confrontation in the international arena with some of the major challenges that have stood and still stand at its gates. -- Shlomo Avineri, former Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Haaretz *Israeli Foreign Policy provides a wealth of information and sophisticated analysis by an author with masterful command of the literature. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in how Israel has met tremendous international challenges. -- Efraim Inbar * Middle East Forum *Israeli Foreign Policy provides a rich synopsis of Israel's foreign relations that will serve well scholars and students of this topic, Middle Eastern studies, and diplomacy in general in the coming years. -- Ziv Rubinovitz * Journal of Contemporary History *Israeli Foreign Policy: A People Shall Not Dwell Alone could be considered one of the most nuanced pieces of literature on the subject. The richness, both in terms of its contents and arguments, clearly reflects the indefatigable enthusiasm and passion of the author to dive deeper into a much researched and discussed subject. -- Alvite Ningthoujam * Contemporary Review of the Middle East *Uri Bialer is one of the founding fathers of the field of Israeli diplomatic history. As such, he has published several books and over 30 articles on a variety of topics ranging from Israel's oil diplomacy, relations with the Christian world, and strategic relations with Iran as well as Cold War orientation in the 1950s. His new book covers most of these topics. Beyond that, in essence, the book promises to provide fresh perspectives on some of these issues and thus to become a textbook of Israel's diplomatic history accessible to students, policy-makers, and non-experts. -- Dr. Eldad Ben Aharon * Diplomacy and Statecraft *[Israeli Foreign Policy] will appeal to a wide audience of military, diplomatic and country specialist scholars, and will be sure to generate further discussion. -- Matthew Hughes * Middle Eastern Studies *Table of ContentsContents<\>AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1. The Historical Legacy1. Jewish Diplomacy2. The Foreign Relations of the Yishuv3. A State in the Making4. The War of IndependencePart 2. The Goals and the Test of Reality 5. "Our Raison d'Être"6. A Land of Milk and Honey but No Oil7. "Let My People Go"Part 3. Strategic Relations8. France—Weapons Recognition and Grandeur 9. Sub-Saharan Africa—Failed Expectations 10. The United States—The Chosen VenuePart 4. Peace11. Egypt—Diplomacy under the Shadow of the SphinxEpilogue: From Lake Success to OsloFurther ReadingsIndex
£67.15
Indiana University Press Israeli Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBialer's book is an important compass for those standing on deck during this time of change, and a most useful theoretical framework for those who follow it from the ivory tower. -- Ehud Eiran * Strategic Assessment *Every so often, one comes across a new piece of scholarship that makes a signal contribution to our knowledge on a given subject. Such is the case with Uri Bialer's book on Israeli foreign policy....Bialer's book is highly recommended for all those interested in the fundamentals of Israel's foreign policy, and it will almost certainly become a standard work on the subject. -- Alfred Tovias * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs *A major book on Israel's foreign policy during the first 40 years of its independence. -- Chalom Schirman * Politique étrangère *Internationally renowned historian of Israel's foreign relations, Uri Bialer provides a fundamental volume that studies the path of the Jewish state's foreign policy from its birth in 1948 to the Oslo accords in 1993. -- Antonio Donno * Nuova Storia Contemporanea *Excellent and well-researched Israeli Foreign Policy: A People Shall Not Dwell Alone, provides any reader with an intelligent appraisal of landmarks in the history of Israel. It relies on fact and expertise – more public reality than public relations. -- Colin Shindler * The Jerusalem Post *If one seeks to learn about how the Jewish state has deployed its foreign policy for the benefit of the country, Bialer's book serves as a first-rate guide to this inquiry. It is sur to become a standard work on Israeli foreign policy for a long time to come. -- David Rodman * Israel Affairs *No single volume can correct the record with regard to how Israeli foreign policy is developed and executed. A good place to start, however, is Uri Bialer's overview of Israeli foreign policy, a single address for the student and layperson interested in the history, dynamics and challenges of Israel's efforts to secure its place among the family of nations. -- David Kurtzer * Israel Studies *Bialer's study provides a needed corrective to an American historiography that has been disproportionately preoccupied with questions surrounding the genesis and rationale of the special relationship between the United States and Israel. The strategic partnership between the two countries has undoubtedly been at the center of both Israeli and American geopolitical calculations in the region for the past six decades, but it is all too often portrayed as a patron-client relationship, whereby Israel as the junior partner is given little agency in defining the contours of the strategic partnership. -- Sonja Wentling, Concordia College Moorhead * H-Diplo *In his new and fascinating book, Uri Bialer examines Israel's confrontation in the international arena with some of the major challenges that have stood and still stand at its gates. -- Shlomo Avineri, former Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Haaretz *Israeli Foreign Policy provides a wealth of information and sophisticated analysis by an author with masterful command of the literature. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in how Israel has met tremendous international challenges. -- Efraim Inbar * Middle East Forum *Israeli Foreign Policy provides a rich synopsis of Israel's foreign relations that will serve well scholars and students of this topic, Middle Eastern studies, and diplomacy in general in the coming years. -- Ziv Rubinovitz * Journal of Contemporary History *Israeli Foreign Policy: A People Shall Not Dwell Alone could be considered one of the most nuanced pieces of literature on the subject. The richness, both in terms of its contents and arguments, clearly reflects the indefatigable enthusiasm and passion of the author to dive deeper into a much researched and discussed subject. -- Alvite Ningthoujam * Contemporary Review of the Middle East *Uri Bialer is one of the founding fathers of the field of Israeli diplomatic history. As such, he has published several books and over 30 articles on a variety of topics ranging from Israel's oil diplomacy, relations with the Christian world, and strategic relations with Iran as well as Cold War orientation in the 1950s. His new book covers most of these topics. Beyond that, in essence, the book promises to provide fresh perspectives on some of these issues and thus to become a textbook of Israel's diplomatic history accessible to students, policy-makers, and non-experts. -- Dr. Eldad Ben Aharon * Diplomacy and Statecraft *[Israeli Foreign Policy] will appeal to a wide audience of military, diplomatic and country specialist scholars, and will be sure to generate further discussion. -- Matthew Hughes * Middle Eastern Studies *Table of ContentsContents<\>AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1. The Historical Legacy1. Jewish Diplomacy2. The Foreign Relations of the Yishuv3. A State in the Making4. The War of IndependencePart 2. The Goals and the Test of Reality 5. "Our Raison d'Être"6. A Land of Milk and Honey but No Oil7. "Let My People Go"Part 3. Strategic Relations8. France—Weapons Recognition and Grandeur 9. Sub-Saharan Africa—Failed Expectations 10. The United States—The Chosen VenuePart 4. Peace11. Egypt—Diplomacy under the Shadow of the SphinxEpilogue: From Lake Success to OsloFurther ReadingsIndex
£35.10
Indiana University Press Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in
Book SynopsisIn Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel, Michal Shaul highlights the special role that Holocaust survivors played as they rebuilt and consolidated Ultraorthodox society.Trade ReviewOne of the book's great strengths is substantial quotation of those individuals dedic ted to rebuilding the prewar European Torah world. From their stirring words we are able to gl an the passion that was necessary to go forward in the wake of numbing losses. -- Alan Rosen - Jerusalem, IsraelTable of ContentsIntroductionPart 1. Formative Memory1. The Ultraorthodox and the Holocaust: Catastrophe, Rupture, and Challenges2. The Paths and Circles of ReconstructionPart 2. Memory as Torture, Memory as Obligation3. Why Did We Survive?4. Starting New FamiliesPart 3. Memory as a Mobilizing Force5. The Restoration of the Torah World6. Du lebst mama [You live, Mother!]: Female Survivors and the Rebirth of an Educational Network7. Myths and the Rehabilitation of Ultraorthodox Society after the Holocaust8. "For us the past has not yet passed": Holocaust Commemoration in Ultraorthodox SocietyPart 4. Counter-Memory and Shared Memory9. Israeli Ultraorthodox Holocaust Memory a "Counter-Memory"?Conclusion: Holocaust Memory in Israeli Ultraorthodox Society: The Unique and the SharedAppendix A. The Expansion of the Yeshivot in Eretz Israel, 1944–1964Appendix B. The Growth of the Beit Ya'akov Educational Network in Eretz Israel, 1947/8–1952/3Appendix C. "The Melodious Train (on the History of the Melody of Ani Ma'amin)," from M. S. Geshuri, Neginah e-asidut be-vet uzmirAppendix D. Capsule Biographies BibliographyIndex
£25.19
Indiana University Press Casting a Giant Shadow
Book SynopsisCasting a Giant Shadow is a collection of articles that embraces the notion of transnationalism to consider the limits of what is "Israeli" within Israeli cinema.Trade Review"Casting a Giant Shadow provides, in anthology form, an excellent encyclopedic overview of how Israeli cinema—from its earliest days—has had transnational elements along with those that are specific to its national history and sensibility—addressing this broad topic in myriad imaginative ways. Clear and well-written, it is a major contribution to film studies."—Lucy Fischer, Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh"Casting a Giant Shadow will make you see Israeli films in an entirely new light. This new collection puts Israeli cinema squarely on a map of global markets and influences, from Cannon Films to K-cinema, from Westerns to New Extremism. This important book reflects shift towards the transnational in film studies."—Olga Gershenson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
£66.60
Indiana University Press Casting a Giant Shadow
Book SynopsisCasting a Giant Shadow is a collection of articles that embraces the notion of transnationalism to consider the limits of what is Israeli within Israeli cinema.Trade Review"Casting a Giant Shadow provides, in anthology form, an excellent encyclopedic overview of how Israeli cinema—from its earliest days—has had transnational elements along with those that are specific to its national history and sensibility—addressing this broad topic in myriad imaginative ways. Clear and well-written, it is a major contribution to film studies."—Lucy Fischer, Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh"Casting a Giant Shadow will make you see Israeli films in an entirely new light. This new collection puts Israeli cinema squarely on a map of global markets and influences, from Cannon Films to K-cinema, from Westerns to New Extremism. This important book reflects shift towards the transnational in film studies."—Olga Gershenson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
£28.80
Indiana University Press The Subjects of Ottoman International Law
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Foreword, by Kent F. Schull and Robert Zens2. Introduction, by Lâle Can and Michael Christopher Low3. Freeing "The Enslaved People of Islam": The Changing Meaning of Ottoman Subjecthood for Captives in the Russian Empire, by Will Smiley4. The Well-Defended Domains: Eurocentric International Law and the Making of the Ottoman Office of Legal Counsel, by Aimee M. Genell5. What Ottoman Nationality Was and Was Not, by Will Hanley6. Unfurling the Flag of Extraterritoriality: Autonomy, Foreign Muslims, and the Capitulations in the Ottoman Hijaz, by Michael Christopher Low7. The Protection Question: Central Asians and Extraterritoriality in the Late Ottoman Empire, by Lâle Can8. An Uncertain Inheritance: The Imperial Travels of Legal Migrants, from British India to Ottomon Iraq, by Julia Stephens9. The British-Ottoman Cold War, c. 1880–1914: Imperial Struggles over Muslim Mobility and Citizenship from the Suez Canalto the Durand Line, by Faiz Ahmed10. Pan-Islamic Propagandists or Professional Diplomats? The Ottoman Consular Establishment in the Colonial Indian Ocean, by Jeffrey Dyer11. Travel Documents, Mobility Control, and the Ottoman State in an Age of Global Migration, 1880–1915, by David Gutman12. "Claimed by Turkey as Subjects": Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925, by Stacy D. Fahrenthold13. Afterword: Ottoman International Law?, by Umut Özsu14. Select Bibliography15. Contributors16. Index
£18.99
Indiana University Press Arab Masculinities
Book SynopsisArab Masculinities provides a groundbreaking analysis of Arab men's lives in the precarious aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings. It challenges received wisdoms and entrenched stereotypes about Arab men, offering new understandings of rujula, or masculinity, across the Middle East and North Africa. The 10 individual chapters of the book foreground the voices and stories of Arab men as they face economic precarity, forced displacement, and new challenges to marriage and family life. Rich in ethnographic details, they illuminate how men develop alternative strategies of affective labor, how they attempt to care for themselves and their families within their local moral worlds, and what it means to be a good son, husband, father, and community member. Arab Masculinities sheds light on the most private spaces of Arab men's livesoffering stories that rarely enter the public realm. It is a pioneering volume that reflects the urgent need for new anthropological scholarship on men and masculTrade Review"This is an absorbing collective achievement that moves us beyond exhausted truisms about Arab men and patriarchy. With attentiveness each chapter tells us something truly new about how Muslim and Christian Arab men navigate uncertainties as they juggle desires and burdens in their lives. The volume is a valuable resource for teaching the anthropology of gender, sexuality, and family in the Arab world."—Nefissa Naguib, University of Oslo."A long-overdue and strikingly rich ethnographic insight into the under-researched field of the emerging challenges Arab men face to their masculinity. The authors meticulously explore the changing dynamics of Arab men's engagement with work, family, the state, displacement and the world around them. The book is essential reading for all of those interested in the wider issue of cultural responses provoked when societies find their identities under threat."—Soraya Tremayne, University of Oxford"Arab Masculinities provides rich empirical data and deeply incisive perspectives on what it takes—and what it means—to achieve and maintain manhood among a broad cross-section of Arab communities in today's increasingly fraught, polarized, and precarious world. The chapters address a diverse set of topics and are elegantly crafted, theoretically sophisticated, and altogether compelling. The collection will be welcomed by experts in the field and has great potential for use in the classroom; it is a stunning achievement."—Michael G. Peletz, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University"Isidoros and Inhorn have edited a remarkable volume and I applaud them and all of their authors for the invaluable insights that are advanced in this book. For far too long, Middle East Studies has explored questions surrounding gender only in relation to women in the region, and the analysis of masculinity in the field is much more recent. Arab Masculinities is a welcome response to the urgent need for more scholarship in this domain. The authors model the best of contemporary and cutting-edge research at the intersection of anthropology, masculinity studies, and the greater Middle East. Drawing upon fieldwork in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and beyond, these authors demonstrate how masculine subjectivities in the region are shaped not only by economic and political conditions, but also by social transformations at the level of the individual, family, and broader society. The men at the center of these ethnographies challenge preconceived notions about how they relate to the women in their lives and how they perform their gender in the face of stress, hopes, fears, and dreams. As a result, Arab Masculinities is a rich, groundbreaking, and nuanced collection that gives voice to the emergent masculinities that are charting the future of the Middle East and North Africa."—Sa'ed Atshan, Swarthmore College"The shared goal of these chapters is to understand how Arab men in general experience their understanding of masculinity in the context of ongoing political upheavals, displacements, and precarious economic conditions. Recommended"—A. Rassam, emerita, CUNY Queens College, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Middle East Anthropology and the Gender Divide: Reconceiving Arab Masculinity in Precarious Times, by Marcia C. Inhorn and Konstantina IsidorosPart I. Masculinity and Precarity: Class Conflict and Economic Indignity1. Egyptian Middle-Class Masculinity and its Working-Class Others, by Bård Helge Kårtveit2. Al-Ustura ("The Legend"): Folk Hero or Thug? Class and Contested Masculinity in Egypt, by Jamie Furniss3. Al-Hogra—A State of Injustice: Portraits of Moroccan Men in Search of Dignity and Piety in the Informal Economy, by Hsain IlahianePart II. Masculinity and Displacement: Moving, Settling, and Questions of Belonging4. Repeating Manhood: Migration and the Unmaking of Men in Morocco, by Alice Elliot5. "I Am a Good Man—I'm a Gardener!": Arab Migrant Fathers' Reactions to Mistrusted Masculinity in Denmark, by Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen6. Doing Gender in Shatila Refugee Camp: Palestinian Lads, Their Pigeons, and an Ethnographer, by Gustavo Barbosa7. Welcoming Ban Ki-Moon: From Warrior-Nomads to Sahrawi Refugee-Statesmen in North Africa, by Konstantina IsidorosPart III. Masculinity and Familial Futures: Sex, Marriage, and Fatherhood under Threat8. Desiring the Nation: Masculinity, Marriage, and Futurity in Lebanon, by Sabiha Allouche9. Masculinity under Siege: The Use of Narcotic Pain Relievers to Restore Virility in Egypt, by L. L. Wynn10. Palestinian Sperm-Smuggling: Fatherhood, Political Struggle, and Israeli Prisons, by Laura FerreroIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press Arab Masculinities
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an absorbing collective achievement that moves us beyond exhausted truisms about Arab men and patriarchy. With attentiveness each chapter tells us something truly new about how Muslim and Christian Arab men navigate uncertainties as they juggle desires and burdens in their lives. The volume is a valuable resource for teaching the anthropology of gender, sexuality, and family in the Arab world."—Nefissa Naguib, University of Oslo."A long-overdue and strikingly rich ethnographic insight into the under-researched field of the emerging challenges Arab men face to their masculinity. The authors meticulously explore the changing dynamics of Arab men's engagement with work, family, the state, displacement and the world around them. The book is essential reading for all of those interested in the wider issue of cultural responses provoked when societies find their identities under threat."—Soraya Tremayne, University of Oxford"Arab Masculinities provides rich empirical data and deeply incisive perspectives on what it takes—and what it means—to achieve and maintain manhood among a broad cross-section of Arab communities in today's increasingly fraught, polarized, and precarious world. The chapters address a diverse set of topics and are elegantly crafted, theoretically sophisticated, and altogether compelling. The collection will be welcomed by experts in the field and has great potential for use in the classroom; it is a stunning achievement."—Michael G. Peletz, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University"Isidoros and Inhorn have edited a remarkable volume and I applaud them and all of their authors for the invaluable insights that are advanced in this book. For far too long, Middle East Studies has explored questions surrounding gender only in relation to women in the region, and the analysis of masculinity in the field is much more recent. Arab Masculinities is a welcome response to the urgent need for more scholarship in this domain. The authors model the best of contemporary and cutting-edge research at the intersection of anthropology, masculinity studies, and the greater Middle East. Drawing upon fieldwork in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and beyond, these authors demonstrate how masculine subjectivities in the region are shaped not only by economic and political conditions, but also by social transformations at the level of the individual, family, and broader society. The men at the center of these ethnographies challenge preconceived notions about how they relate to the women in their lives and how they perform their gender in the face of stress, hopes, fears, and dreams. As a result, Arab Masculinities is a rich, groundbreaking, and nuanced collection that gives voice to the emergent masculinities that are charting the future of the Middle East and North Africa."—Sa'ed Atshan, Swarthmore College"The shared goal of these chapters is to understand how Arab men in general experience their understanding of masculinity in the context of ongoing political upheavals, displacements, and precarious economic conditions. Recommended"—A. Rassam, emerita, CUNY Queens College, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Middle East Anthropology and the Gender Divide: Reconceiving Arab Masculinity in Precarious Times, by Marcia C. Inhorn and Konstantina IsidorosPart I. Masculinity and Precarity: Class Conflict and Economic Indignity1. Egyptian Middle-Class Masculinity and its Working-Class Others, by Bård Helge Kårtveit2. Al-Ustura ("The Legend"): Folk Hero or Thug? Class and Contested Masculinity in Egypt, by Jamie Furniss3. Al-Hogra—A State of Injustice: Portraits of Moroccan Men in Search of Dignity and Piety in the Informal Economy, by Hsain IlahianePart II. Masculinity and Displacement: Moving, Settling, and Questions of Belonging4. Repeating Manhood: Migration and the Unmaking of Men in Morocco, by Alice Elliot5. "I Am a Good Man—I'm a Gardener!": Arab Migrant Fathers' Reactions to Mistrusted Masculinity in Denmark, by Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen6. Doing Gender in Shatila Refugee Camp: Palestinian Lads, Their Pigeons, and an Ethnographer, by Gustavo Barbosa7. Welcoming Ban Ki-Moon: From Warrior-Nomads to Sahrawi Refugee-Statesmen in North Africa, by Konstantina IsidorosPart III. Masculinity and Familial Futures: Sex, Marriage, and Fatherhood under Threat8. Desiring the Nation: Masculinity, Marriage, and Futurity in Lebanon, by Sabiha Allouche9. Masculinity under Siege: The Use of Narcotic Pain Relievers to Restore Virility in Egypt, by L. L. Wynn10. Palestinian Sperm-Smuggling: Fatherhood, Political Struggle, and Israeli Prisons, by Laura FerreroIndex
£52.70
Indiana University Press Land Law and Policy in Israel
Book SynopsisTrade Review"To seriously understand a country, one ought to understand it's land laws and policies. Professor Sandberg provides a deep professional historical and legal picture of Israeli land issues. This book must be a must for whoever is interested in the subject in all it's aspects, including the Arab-Israeli conflict."—Justice Prof. Elyakim Rubinstein, Deputy President (ret.) The Supreme Court of Israel"Professor Sandberg, one of the most prominent property law experts in Israel, shows in his book how the small, crowded, and often threatened Jewish State succeeds against all odds amidst extraordinary challenges facing its land policy in the third millennium. A must-read book not only for those interested in Israel and its land law but for anyone who wants to understand how internal contradictions in a country's identity affect its land policy."—Ruth Lapidoth, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Translation and Internet HyperlinksIntroduction: Land Law and Land Policy1. The Fingerprints of History in Land Inventory2. Culture, Nation, and Socialism in the Administration of Public Lands3. Privatization of Public Lands4. National Land Planning in a Small Country5. Jewish and Democratic6. Creative JudiciaryEpilogue: Identity in FluxBibliographyIndex
£59.40
Indiana University Press Defying The Plan
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A valuable contribution to the literature on gender studies and resistance in Palestine and the Middle East by drawing our focus to the body and the realm of [the] intimate as a medium for experiencing subordination, whether through patriarchy or settler-colonialism, and the way the body becomes a means of resistance."—Julie Peteet, University of Louisville"Defying 'The Plan' portrays a nuanced and complex understanding of the relationship between Palestinian women, Palestinian society, and the Zionist state."—Islah Jad, Birzeit UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Translation Introduction1. Embodied Citizen Strangers2. Born with a Plan3. Defying Bodies4. Defying Desire5. Defying Intimate Relations6. Defying the Plan: Feminist Selves?ConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£63.00
Indiana University Press Reorienting the Middle East Film and Digital
Book SynopsisStories of desert landscapes, cutting-edge production facilities, and lavish festivals often dominate narratives about film and digital media on the Arabian Peninsula. However, there is a more complicated history that reflects long-standing interconnections between the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. Just as these waters are fluid spaces, so too is the flow of film and digital media between cultures in East Africa, Europe, North Africa, South Asia, Southwest Asia, and Southeast Asia. Reorienting the Middle East examines past and contemporary aspects of film and digital media in the Gulf that might not otherwise be apparent in dominant frameworks. Contributors consider oil companies that brought film exhibition to this area in the 1930s, the first Indian film produced on the Arabian Peninsula in the late 1970s, blackness in Iranian films, the role of Western funding in reshaping stories, Dubai's emergence in global film production, uses of online platforms for performanceTrade Review"I find this collection a much needed and timely post-colonial re-mapping of film histories and cinematic practices around the Persian Gulf, aptly shifting the focus from land to water, from national borders to arenas, contact zones, from hegemonic historiography to transcultural stories and identities."—Viola Shafik, author of Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity"In de-essentialising the Gulf and presenting it to us as a critical method, this collection achieves two key things: it contributes to the decolonisation of knowledge production about the Gulf, its peoples, cultures and societies and invites us, at the same time, to rethink the fields of Arab and Middle Eastern media and cultural studies beyond static, colonial configurations of geography. This wide-ranging collection recognizes the Gulf as a complex transcultural space; a conduit to relational histories and cultural encounters that transcend the limiting and teleological imaginations of nations and regions in film and area studies. This is a terrific and a much-needed book. I strongly recommend it to scholars of Middle Eastern media and cultural studies and also to those researching media practices and uses in the global South and beyond."—Tarik Sabry, author of Cultural Encounters in the Arab World: On Media the Modern and the Everyday"A cornucopia of information and insight, Reorienting the Middle East manages to do what the title promises. It reorients discussion of Gulf Media by expanding the corpus and scope in multiple ways, first of all by counterpointing portrayals of the Gulf with portrayals from the Gulf. Rather than approach the region as a static place, it uses the Gulf as an epicentric prism to reveal the fluid movement of ideas, images and films across borders. The book treats transnationality not as a mere inventory of nation-states involvement but rather as an intricate cross-border process embedded in the transnational imaginary of and about the Gulf. Reorienting the Gul describes a constantly morphing transcultural arena of interconnected histories, migrating cultures, of uncanny resemblances, subterranean affinities. Rather than a simple binary of metropole and colony, we find palimpsestic formations where a nation can at once be indigenous, postcolonial, para-colonial and colonial in the sense of exploiting migrant labor from the Global South, in situations where multicultures intersect and interfecundate in hybrid formations. The book also addresses the various forms of transnational projections, as in the case of South-South stereotyping (Egyptian films mocking rich Gulf State Arabs, and Bollywood films portraying the Gulf as corrupting the innocent Indian nationals, Replete with intriguing surprises, the book engages such topics as entrepot film culture in Dubai, romanticized narratives about ruling families, American corporations extracting oil while injecting stereotypes and segregation into Saudi Arabia, the transoceanic aurality of love and yearning, blackness in Iran, and the filmic imagining of the lives of domestic workers. Admirably transmediatic, the book expands the corpus beyond fiction features to include documentaries, TV shows, tourism commercials, YouTube videos, and digital activist videos. It is hard to imagine the reader who would not learn from this book."—Ella Shohat and Robert Stam, authors of Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media
£62.90
