Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms)
ISBN-13:
9780815631255
ISBN-10:
0815631251
Author:
Steven Salaita
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Format:
Hardcover
246 pages
Category:
Cultural
,
Anthropology
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ISBN-13:
9780815631255
ISBN-10:
0815631251
Author:
Steven Salaita
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Format:
Hardcover
246 pages
Category:
Cultural
,
Anthropology
Summary
Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms) (ISBN-13: 9780815631255 and ISBN-10: 0815631251), written by authors
Steven Salaita, was published by Syracuse University Press in 2006.
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Steven Salaita's ambitious and thought-provoking work compares the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States related to Native Americans with the circumstances in Israel related to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production. The author's original approach is based not on similarities between the two disparate settler regions but rather on similarities between the rhetoric employed by early colonialists in North America and that employed by Zionist immigrants in Palestine. Meticulously examining histories, theories, and literary depictions of colonialism and interethnic dialects, Salaita identifies the commonalities in the myths employed by both groups as well as the "counter-discourse" cultivated in the literature of resistance by native peoples. He complements his analysis with personal observations of Palestinians in Lebanese refuge camps, where he encountered a sympathetic perception of American Indians. The Holy Land in Transit presents one of the first intercommunal studies to assess the ways in which indigenous authors react to analogous colonial dynamics. With great energy and perception the author offers a fresh contribution to an emerging frame of reference for historical, political, literary, and cultural investigation.
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