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Dilemmas of attachment [electronic resource] : identity and belonging among Palestinian Christians / by Bard Helge Kartveit

Author
Kårtveit, Bård Helge
Published
Leiden : Brill, [2014]
Physical Description
xvii, 239 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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Contents
Introduction: Palestinian Christians in the West Bank -- Bethlehem between Tradition and Modernity -- Christian-Muslim Relations -- National Identity, Attachments and Solidarity -- The Israeli Occupation -- Bethlehem Emigration and Diaspora Relations -- Conclusion and Epilogue -- Appendices.
Summary
"This book offers an ethnographic account of contemporary Christian Palestinian lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Through individual life stories, Bård Kårtveit shows how Christians in the District of Bethlehem strive to live meaningful lives. Lives which are shaped by Christian-Muslim relations within the national community, the impact of Israeli presence in the Palestinian Territories, migration and homeland-diaspora relationships, and which are heavily influenced by changes in their local community and traditional family structures. By situating these stories in the changing political contexts of Palestine, from late Ottoman to Israeli/Palestinian Authority rule, the author engages with these general processes of patriarchal resistance to social change; the role of minorities in nation-building processes; the impact of Western interventions in the region; the rise of political Islam; and the impact of emigration in the Arab World"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9789004271463 (paperback : acid-free paper)
9789004276390 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-236) and index.
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