Reconstructing Beirut: Memory and Space in a Postwar Arab City
Aseel Sawalha
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Once the cosmopolitan center of the Middle East, Beirut was devastated by the civil war that ran from 1975 to 1991, which dislocated many residents, disrupted normal municipal functions, and destroyed the vibrant downtown district. The aftermath of the war was an unstable situation Sawalha considers "a postwar state of emergency," even as the state strove to restore normalcy. This ethnography centers on various groups' responses to Beirut's large, privatized urban-renewal project that unfolded during this turbulent moment.
At the core of the study is the theme of remembering space. The official process of rebuilding the city as a node in ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292728813
SKU
V9780292728813
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About Aseel Sawalha
Aseel Sawalha is Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Pace University in New York City.
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