Confronting the Occupation: Work, Education, and Political Activism of Palestinian Families in a Refugee Camp

by Maya Rosenfeld

Book Overview

Confronting the Occupation is a study of work, education, political-national resistance, family, and community relations in a Palestinian refugee camp under conditions of Israeli military occupation. It is based on extended field research carried out by an Israeli sociologist-anthropologist in Dheisheh camp, south of Bethlehem, between 1992 and 1996. Emphasis is placed on how men and women, families, and the local refugee community confront...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749876
• ISBN13: 9780804749879
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"