Refugees of the revolution : experiences of Palestinian exile /

Refugees of the revolution : experiences of Palestinian exile /

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Author / Creator:	Allan, Diana (Diana Keown)
Imprint:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (328 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subject:	Shātīlā (Refugee camp) Shātīlā (Refugee camp) Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Lebanon -- Social conditions. Palestinian Arabs -- Lebanon -- Social conditions. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees -- Lebanon. Refugee camps -- Lebanon. Palestinian Arabs -- Social conditions. Refugee camps. Refugees. Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Social conditions. Lebanon. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217435

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ISBN:	9780804788953 0804788952 9780804774925 9780804774918 0804774919 0804774927
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 28, 2013).
Summary:	Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their ""right of return."" Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preserving refugees in a way of life that ended abruptly with ""the catastrophe"" of 1948 and their camps-inhabited now for four generations-as mere zones of waiting. While reducing refugees to symbols of steadfast single-mindedness has been politically expedient to both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict it comes at a tr.
Other form:	Print version: Allan, Diana (Diana Keown). Refugees of the revolution. 9780804774918 0804774919
Standard no.:	40023022801

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (328 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780804788953 0804788952 9780804774925 9780804774918 0804774919 0804774927