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Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa

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Description for Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa Paperback. Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration. Editor(s): Makdisi, Ussama; Silverstein, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.

". . . constitutes an important and much needed intervention on the themes of memory and violence in Middle East studies." —Lisa Hajjar, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Middle East and North Africa form a region united by a common history of armed conflict and repeated international efforts at producing a lasting peace. This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between memories of past violence and the violence of present memories, the context for all contemporary efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation. The contributors examine the 1954–1962 Franco-Algerian war, the 1975–1991 Lebanese civil war, and the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict as interconnected ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253217981
SKU
V9780253217981
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About Makdisi
Ussama Makdisi is Associate Professor of History at Rice University. Paul A. Silverstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Reed College.

Reviews for Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa
The power of these studies lies in their revelation that history—that is, 'collective memory'—is not limited to remembered experiences. It is creative, expanding to bind related events into grand narratives defining identities, making credible the wide-spread belief in Western hostility toward Muslims dating back to the crusades. . .
American Anthropologist

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