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Barbara McKean Parmenter explores the roots of Western and Zionist images of Palestine, then draws upon the work of Palestinian writers to trace how they have represented their experience of home and exile since the First World War.

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This study provides a useful survey of contemporary Palestinian culture through a reading of the relationship between literature and land. Drawing on the methods of both geography and literary criticism, it traces the evolution of what Raja Shehadeh has called a ‘Palestinian "land rhetoric"’ from the late 19th century through the Intifada conflict. * Choice *

Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • One. The Meaning of Stones
  • Two. Reading the Landscape: Images of Palestine in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • Three. The Literature of Struggle and Loss, 1920-1960
  • Four. Landscapes of Exile
  • Five. Landscapes of Home
  • Six. Encountering Israel
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/1994
      ISBN13: 9780292765559, 978-0292765559
      ISBN10: 029276555X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Barbara McKean Parmenter explores the roots of Western and Zionist images of Palestine, then draws upon the work of Palestinian writers to trace how they have represented their experience of home and exile since the First World War.

      Trade Review
      This study provides a useful survey of contemporary Palestinian culture through a reading of the relationship between literature and land. Drawing on the methods of both geography and literary criticism, it traces the evolution of what Raja Shehadeh has called a ‘Palestinian "land rhetoric"’ from the late 19th century through the Intifada conflict. * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      • Preface and Acknowledgments
      • One. The Meaning of Stones
      • Two. Reading the Landscape: Images of Palestine in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
      • Three. The Literature of Struggle and Loss, 1920-1960
      • Four. Landscapes of Exile
      • Five. Landscapes of Home
      • Six. Encountering Israel
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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