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The common camp : architecture of power and resistance in Israel-Palestine / Irit Katz

Author
Katz, Irit
Published
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

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Contents
The Camp Reconfigured : Modernity's Versatile Architecture of Power -- Facilitating Double Colonialism : British and Zionist Camps in Mandatory Palestine -- Gathering, Absorbing, and Reordering the Diaspora : Immigrant and Transit Camps of Israel's Early Statehood -- Forced Pioneering : Settling Israel's Frontiers -- Unrecognized Order : The Imposed Camp-ness of the Negev/Naqab Bedouin -- Camping, Decamping, Encamping : Palestinian Refugee and Protest Camps and Israeli Settler Camps in the Occupied Territories -- In the Desert Penal Colony : Holot Detention Camp for African Asylum Seekers Conclusion, or Toward an Ever-Emerging Theory of the Camp.
Summary
"Focusing on the geopolitical complexity of Israel-Palestine and the dramatic changes it has experienced during the past century, The Common Camp explores the region's extensive networks of camps and their existence as both a tool of colonial power and a makeshift space of resistance. Bringing together a broad range of historical and ethnographic materials within the context of this singular yet versatile entity, the book locates the camp at the core of modern societies and how they change and transform"--
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9781517907167 hardcover
1517907160 hardcover
9781517907174 paperback
1517907179 paperback
9781452960807 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs
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