Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps

by Julie Marie Peteet and Julie Peteet

Book Overview

Nearly half of the world's eight million Palestinians are registered refugees, having faced partition and exile. Landscape of Hope and Despair examines this refugee experience in Lebanon through the medium of spatial practices and identity, set against the backdrop of prolonged violence. Julie Peteet explores how Palestinians have dealt with their experience as refugees by focusing attention on how a distinctive Palestinian identity has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220706
• ISBN13: 9780812220704
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"