In Spite of Partition in Spite of Partition: Jews, Arabs, and the Limits of Separatist Imagination Jews, Arabs, and the Limits of Separatist Imaginati

by Gil Z. Hochberg

Partition--the idea of separating Jews and Arabs along ethnic or national lines--is a legacy at least as old as the Zionist-Palestinian conflict. Challenging the widespread "separatist imagination" behind partition, Gil Hochberg demonstrates the ways in which works of contemporary Jewish and Arab literature reject simple notions of separatism and instead display complex configurations of identity that emphasize the presence of alterity within the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128758
• ISBN13: 9780691128757
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"