Homelands And Diasporas: Holy Lands And Other Places

Product description Review "A stunning collection. Using the Israeli/Jewish/Palestinian problem as a central example and point of departure, the authors succeed in doing what classic anthropology does best: arguing a theoretical case from detailed ethnographic data but doing so in a context that is postmodern rather than merely modern. They engage currently fashionable ideas in a critical but constructive fashion, fusing their individually insightful analyses in a powerful vision of the complexities and unexpected developments that much earlier theorizing on these topics failed to anticipate or address." -Michael Herzfeld,Harvard University From the Inside Flap This collection focuses fresh attention on the relationships between homeland and diaspora communities in today's world. Based on in-depth anthropological studies by leading scholars in the field, the book highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties. Homelands and Diasporas offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions. The book provides a keen look at how homeland and diaspora appear in the lives of both Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians and also explores how these issues influence Pakistanis who make their home in England, Armenians in Cyprus and England, Cambodians in France, and African-Americans in Israel. The critical views advanced in this collection should lead to a reorientation in diaspora studies and to a better understanding of the often contradictory changes in the relationships between people whose lives are led both at home and away. From the Back Cover This collection focuses fresh attention on the relationships between “homeland” and “diaspora” communities in today's world. Based on in-depth anthropological studies by leading scholars in the field, the book highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties. Homelands and Diasporas offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions. The book provides a keen look at how “homeland” and “diaspora” appear in the lives of both Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians and also explores how these issues influence Pakistanis who make their home in England, Armenians in Cyprus and England, Cambodians in France, and African-Americans in Israel. The critical views advanced in this collection should lead to a reorientation in diaspora studies and to a better understanding of the often contradictory changes in the relationships between people whose lives are led both “at home and away.” About the Author André Levy teaches anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Alex Weingrod is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.André Levy teaches anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Alex Weingrod is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. HOMELANDS AND DIASPORASHoly Lands and Other PlacesSTANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSCopyright © 2005 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityAll right reserved.ISBN: 978-0-8047-4771-4ContentsList of Contributors.........................................................................................................................................viiPreface......................................................................................................................................................xiIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................1On Homelands and Diasporas: An Introduction ALEX WEINGROD AND ANDR LEVY....................................................................................3Part One: Changing Diasporas1. The Place Which Is Diaspora: Citizenship, Religion, and Gender in the Making of Chaordic Transnationalism PNINA WERBNER..................................292. New Homeland for an Old Diaspora SUSAN PATTIE............................................................................................................493. A Community That Is Both a Center and a Diaspora: Jews in Late Twentieth Century Morocco ANDR LEVY......................................................684. Rethinking the Palestinians Abroad as a Diaspora: The Relationships Between the Diaspora and the Palestinian Territories SARI HANAFI.....................975. Transmission and Transformation: The Palestinian Second Generation and the Commemoration of the Homeland EFRAT BEN-ZE'EV.................................1236. Diasporization, Globalization, and Cosmopolitan Discourse JONATHAN FRIEDMAN..............................................................................140Part Two: Changing Homelands and National Identities7. Commemoration and National Identity: Memorial Cere