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17%OFFMiriyam Aouragh - Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity - 9781780762418 - V9781780762418
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Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity

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Description for Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity Paperback. For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. The author looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 integrated b/w. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFD; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. She closely examines the uses and limits of internet technology under conditions of war, along with the ways in which virtual participation enables the generation of new ideals for political reconciliation and self-determination. Through the internet, participants reconstruct a virtual 'Palestinian homeland', gain a space for recovering the past, for overcoming issues of mobility, and for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780762418
SKU
V9781780762418
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About Miriyam Aouragh
Miriyam Aouragh is a Rubicon Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam.

Reviews for Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity
'Miriyam Aouragh's book breaks new ground in the study of Palestinian society. Providing us with vital empirical data on how the Palestinians use the internet and other online services to resist and cope with living under Israeli occupation, it is a recommended reading to anyone interested in studying the use of information technology in conflict situations.' Elia Zureik, Professor Emeritus ... Read more

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