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Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics.

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"Bishara brings both anthropological and journalistic experience to her subject, and presents through multiple genres—rich description, reflections on the scholarly literature, photographic analysis, focus groups—a portrait of the ways international journalism and Palestinian society have come to depend on one another not despite, but because of, the manifold tensions between them. The book's thoughtful analysis and critique should appeal to students and scholars of anthropology, critical media studies, and the Middle East, as well as to the journalists whose work it examines."—Gregory Starrett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"Amahl Bishara breaks new ground in her exploration of Palestinian-Israeli-American dynamics of control, protest, and resistance. Her keen insights into the second intifada help us better understand two critical issues: what is happening on the ground in Palestine and how these events are being reported by the American media."—Rami Khouri

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 5 December 2012
      ISBN-13 9780804781404
      978-0804781404
      ISBN-10 0804781400
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      Middle Eastern history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics.

      Trade Review
      "Bishara brings both anthropological and journalistic experience to her subject, and presents through multiple genres—rich description, reflections on the scholarly literature, photographic analysis, focus groups—a portrait of the ways international journalism and Palestinian society have come to depend on one another not despite, but because of, the manifold tensions between them. The book's thoughtful analysis and critique should appeal to students and scholars of anthropology, critical media studies, and the Middle East, as well as to the journalists whose work it examines."—Gregory Starrett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
      "Amahl Bishara breaks new ground in her exploration of Palestinian-Israeli-American dynamics of control, protest, and resistance. Her keen insights into the second intifada help us better understand two critical issues: what is happening on the ground in Palestine and how these events are being reported by the American media."—Rami Khouri

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