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Author Ben-Ze'ev, Efrat.

Title Remembering Palestine in 1948 : beyond national narratives / Efrat Ben-Ze'ev.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 32
Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 32.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-239) and index.
Contents Part I. Constructing Palestine: National Projects: 1. The framework; 2. The British cartographic imagination and Palestine; 3. Cartographic practices in Palestine: British, Jewish, and Arabs, 1938-1948 -- Part II. Palestine-Arabs Memories in the Making: 4. 1948 from a local point of view: the Palestinian village of Ijzim; 5. Rural Palestinian women: witnessing and the domestic sphere; 6. Underground memories: collecting traces of the Palestinian past -- Part III. Jewish-Israeli Memories in the Making: 7. Palmach fighters: stories and silences; 8. The Palmach women -- Part IV. British Mandatory Memories in the Making: 9. Carrying out the mandate: British policemen in Palestine; Conclusion and implications.
Summary "The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens to these narratives when they arise out of the personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev examines the memories of those who participated and were affected by the events of 1948, and how these events have been mythologized over time. This is a three-way conversation between Palestinian villagers, Jewish-Israeli veterans, and British policemen who were stationed in Palestine on the eve of the war. Each has his or her story to tell. These small-scale truths shed new light on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as it was then and as it has become"-- Provided by publisher.
"The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens to these narratives when they arise out of the personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, an Israeli anthropologist, examines the memories of those who participated in and were affected by the events of 1948, and how these events have been mythologized over time. This is a three-way conversation between Palestinian villagers, Jewish-Israeli veterans, and British policemen who were stationed in Palestine on the eve of the war. Each has his or her story to tell. Across the years, these witnesses relived their past in private within family circles and tightly knit groups, through gatherings and pilgrimages to sites of villages and battles, or through naming and storytelling. Rarely have their stories been revealed to an outsider. As Dr. Ben-Ze'ev discovers, these small-scale truths, which were collected from people at the dusk of their lives and previously overshadowed by nationalized histories, shed new light on the Palestinian-Israel conflict, as it was then and as it has become"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Israel-Arab War (1948-1949)
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Personal narratives, Israeli.
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- Israeli.
Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Personal narratives, Palestinian Arab.
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- Palestinian Arab.
Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Personal narratives, British.
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- British.
Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Influence.
Collective memory -- Israel.
Collective memory.
Israel.
Collective memory -- Palestine.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Chronological Term 1948-1949
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Other Form: Print version: Ben-Ze'ev, Efrat. Remembering Palestine in 1948. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521194471 (DLC) 2010030164 (OCoLC)639166098
ISBN 9781139190084 (electronic book)
1139190083 (electronic book)
9780511761737 (electronic book)
0511761732 (electronic book)
9781139185189
1139185187
9780521194471
0521194474
Standard No. 9786613378323
40019004318