Modern Palestinian Literature and Culture.

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Studies of Palestinian society, economy, and politics are appearing with increasing frequency, but works in English about Palestinian literature, particularly that written in Israel, are still scarce. This book looks at this literature within the political and social context of Palestinian society, with a special focus on literature written during the Intifada ""uprising"" period (1987-93). Cover Half Title Dedication Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Palestinian Culture in the Middle East: Between Arabism, Westernism and Israelism Modern arabic literatures -- plural Modern Palestinian literature ... or literatures? The culture of the other -- Israeli Jews 1. The Quest for Identity: Three Issues in Israeli-Arab Literature For whom do Israeli Arabs write? Where do Israeli-Arab writers publish? What do Israeli Arabs write about? 2. The Other Face: The Language Choice of Arab Writers in Israel. Modern Arabic literatures -- to write in the language of the otherIsraeli Arabs writing in Hebrew and Arabic 3. Between Interlaced Worlds: Riyād Baydas and the Arabic Short Story in Israel The thematic world of Riyād Baydas Arabic society in transition Poetics, style and writing technique 4. Stones for the Homeland: Palestinian Literature of the Intifāda (1987-90) The status of Palestinian periodicals during the intifāda The main themes in intifāda writing 5. Danger, High Voltage: The Image of the Jew/Israeli in Palestinian Intifāda Literature (1987-90). A major negation and a minor affirmationThe religious confrontation between Islam and Judaism Connections and relations between Israelis and Palestinians 6. The Holiness of a City: Jerusalem in the Literature of the Intifāda (1987-90) The religious-political meaning of Jerusalem The historical myth of Jerusalem Jerusalem as a symbol of the beloved Epilogue Bibliography Index.