Colonial Jerusalem

By Thomas Philip Abowd

Subjects: Ethnic relations, Politics and government, Palestinian Arabs, Jerusalem, politics and government, Jews, middle east, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian arabs, Arab-israeli conflict, Middle east, ethnic relations, Ethnische Beziehung, Jerusalem, history, Social conditions, History, Jews, Jerusalem, social conditions, Influence

Description: This anthropological work draws on recent theories about racial politics, colonialism, and urban spatial dynamics to examine social segregation in Jerusalem. The author examines the physical manifestations--walls, checkpoints, and separate road networks-- as well as myths, memorials, and monuments in the "Jerusalem of Israel's imagination," national boundaries, gendered politics of residential life, terrorism, policing, and the demolishing of homes and buildings.