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Book Synopsis"Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory" uses blurbs.
Trade ReviewNakba provides crucial insights into the Palestinian-Israeli situation yesterday, today, and, perhaps, tomorrow. This is a voice which needs to be heard by everyone interested in resolving this conflict. -- Ahdaf Soueif, author of The Map of Love This is a voice which needs to be heard by everyone interested in resolving this conflict. Palestine News Agency Essential reading... Al Awda California Essential for anyone interested in testimony and history. -- Gershom Gorenberg BookForum [A] moving collection of writings on the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homeland in 1948... Highly recommended. CHOICE The editors... have compiled a collection of impressive contributions that weave together the rich and changing tapestry of Palestinian memories. -- Randa Farah H-Levant Persuasive, and passionate... [Nakba] provides a welcome addition to the literature. -- Tareq Y. Ismael Biography Insightful, provocative, and thought-provoking contribution. Current Anthropology
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliterations Introduction: The Claims of Memory, by Lila Abu-Lughod and Ahmad H. Sa'di Part I. Places of Memory 1. The Rape of Qula, a Destroyed Palestinian Village, by Susan Slyomovics 2. Mapping the Past, Re-creating the Homeland: Memories of Village Places in pre-1948 Palestine, by Rochelle Davis 3. Return to Half-Ruins: Memory, Postmemory, and Living History in Palestine, by Lila Abu-Lughod Part II. Modes of Memory 4. Iterability, Cumulativity, and Presence: The Relations Figures of Palestinian Memory, by Lena Jayyusi 5. Women's Nakba Stories: Between Being and Knowing, by Rosemary Sayigh 6. The Continuity of Trauma and Struggle: Recent Cinematic Representations of the Nakba, by Haim Bresheeth Part III. Faultlines of Memory 7. The Secret Visitations of Memory, by Omar Al-Qattan 8. Gender of Nakba Memory, by Isabelle Humphries and Laleh Khalili 9. Memories of Conquest: Witnessing Death in Tantura, by Samera Esmeri 10. The Politics of Witness: Remembering and Forgetting 1948 in Shatila Camp, by Diana K. Allan Afterword. Reflections on Representations, History, and Moral Accountability, by Ahmad H. Sa'di Bibliography Contributors Index
