ID | 084758 |
Title Proper | Reconfiguring the "mixed town " |
Other Title Information | urban transformations of ethnonational relations in Palestine and Israel |
Language | ENG |
Author | Rabinowitz, Dan ; Monterescu, Daniel |
Publication | 2008. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Studies of Middle Eastern urbanism have traditionally been guided by a limited repertoire of tropes, many of which emphasize antiquity, confinement, and religiosity. Notions of the old city, the walled city, the casbah, the native quarter, and the medina, sometimes subsumed in the quintessential "Islamic city," have all been part of Western scholarship's long-standing fascination with the region. Etched in emblematic "holy cities" like Jerusalem, Mecca, or Najaf, Middle Eastern urban space is heavily associated with the "sacred," complete with mystical visions and assumptions of violent eschatologies and redemption. |
`In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 40, No. 2; May 2008: p195-226 |
Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 40, No. 2; May 2008: p195-226 |
Key Words | Israel - Relation - Palestine ; Urban - Israel ; Palestine - Urban ; Town - Israel ; Palestine - Town |