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tHE Rhetoric of Violence. Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film.
Kamal Abdel-Malek
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Description for tHE Rhetoric of Violence. Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film.
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; APF; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Despite the urgent need to develop understandings of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, the role of violence and reconciliation in Palestinian and Israeli literature and film has received only brief treatment. This book is intended to fill that void; that is to explore how Israelis and Palestinians view and depict themselves and each other in situations that lead to either violence or reconciliation, and the ways in which both parties define themselves in relation to one another. The book examines selected Palestinian and Israeli literary works and a small number of ... Read more
Despite the urgent need to develop understandings of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, the role of violence and reconciliation in Palestinian and Israeli literature and film has received only brief treatment. This book is intended to fill that void; that is to explore how Israelis and Palestinians view and depict themselves and each other in situations that lead to either violence or reconciliation, and the ways in which both parties define themselves in relation to one another. The book examines selected Palestinian and Israeli literary works and a small number of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403964052
SKU
V9781403964052
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About Kamal Abdel-Malek
KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK is Associate Professor of Arabic Literatures at American University, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Reviews for tHE Rhetoric of Violence. Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film.
'Kamal Abdel-Malek, well known to scholars in the field of Arabic literature, turns his attention to the confrontation of Israeli and Palestinian interests and cultures within a small but much contested terrain. The current work, grounded in the theories of literature and cultural studies, examines the ways in which each of the two traditions explores the "other" through the media ... Read more