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Title:

Living Palestine : family survival, resistance, and mobility under occupation / edited by Lisa Taraki.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xxx, 296 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Palestinian Arabs--Social conditions.
War and family--Palestine--Case studies.
Palestine--Social conditions.
Palestine--Social life and customs.

Other Authors:

Tarākī, Līzā.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-291) and index.

Contents:

Modernity aborted and reborn : ways of being urban in Palestine / Lisa Taraki and Rita Giacaman -- Living together in a nation in fragments : dynamics of kin, place, and nation / Penny Johnson -- Six families : survival and mobility in times of crisis / Lamis Abu Nahleh -- Emigration, conservatism, and class formation in West Bank and Gaza Strip communities / Jamil Hilal -- The paradox of women's work : coping, crisis, and family survival / Eileen Kuttab.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Mohamed El-Hindi series on Arab culture and Islamic civilization.

ISBN:

9780815631347 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815631340 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815631071 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815631073 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71945399

LCCN:

2006030308

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)