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Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan

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Description for Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan Paperback. This text analyzes how modern Jordanian identity was created and defined. The author studies two key institutions, the law and the military, and uses them to create an analysis of the making of modern Jordanian identity. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; HBJF1; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Colonial Effects analyzes the creation and definition of modern Jordanian identity. Massad studies two key institutions-- the law and the military--and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity in the postcolonial period. Joseph A. Massad engages recent scholarly debates on nationalism and richly fulfills the analytical promise of Michel Foucault's insight that modern institutions and their power to have productive, not merely repressive or coercive, capacities-though Massad also stresses their continued repressive function. His argument is advanced by a consideration of evidence, including images produced by state tourist agencies ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
566 g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231123235
SKU
V9780231123235
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About Joseph Massad
Joseph A. Massad is assistant professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He won the Malcolm Kerr Dissertation Award for this work from the Middle East Studies Association.

Reviews for Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan
A work of genuine brilliance, as much for its searing insights into Jordanian history and culture as for its extraordinary mastery of the vast material it deploys. It is rare to encounter a pathbreaking book: this is certainly one.
Edward Said The thesis of this important and profound book transcends the Jordanian case and reaches into the heart of ... Read more

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