Archeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society chicago 2002. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, also published by the university of chicago press. On the periphery of an agricultural hinterland in the negev highlands. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in. University of chicago press, 2001 ive been following the media coverage of this book for some time, and have even been selectively quoted on it. Strategies of palestinian women in israel khosravi, shahram. Racial palestinianization and the janusfaced nature of the. Archaeological practice and terriorial selffashioning in israeli society chicago. But how and why did archaeology emerge as such a pervasive force there. A couple of people have encouraged me to comment on it, so now. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society 2001, which won the albert hourani annual book award. She is a professor of anthropology at barnard college and columbia university. The term was popularised in the 1970s in discussions of the israelipalestinian conflict to refer to israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank, which. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
She even goes as far as to defend the torching and destruction of josephs tomb by the palestinians. Facts on the ground is a diplomatic and geopolitical term that means the situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract. Nadia abu elhaj is an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at the university of chicago. This book is both a historical and ethnographic account of archaeological practices. The search for jewish origins and the politics of epistemolog y, abu elhaj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should. Reflections on archaeology and israeli settlernationhood. Archaeology in israel is truly a national obsession, a practice. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society 2001, which won the albert hourani annual book award from the middle east studies association in 2002, and the genealogical science. But i would caution that it is written at a challenging level of detail and vocabulary for, i think, the average reader. Pdf facts on the ground download full pdf book download. Stone men the palestinians who built israel skip to main.
Nadia abu elhaj on extending sovereignty, in facts on the ground. Archaeology in israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identityand national rightshave long been asserted. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, which appeared in 2001, a year before she became a nontenured member of the faculty in the department of anthropology at barnard, followed several years later by. The best books on zionism and antizionism five books. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society chicago.
She did her doctorate in anthropology at the university of chicago and published this book in 2001. Please, therefore, take my response to your criticism of my articles dealing with nadia abu elhaj of columbia university, published in the nation and the jewish week of new york, in the constructive spirit i offer it it may surprise you to learn i found abu elhajs book, facts on the ground, hostile in fundamental ways to israel. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society university of. Nov 14, 2015 on november 9 th 2015, nadia abu elhaj posted an open letter to me, lets get our facts straight about bds, in response to an oped piece i published in haaretz a few days earlier. Archaeological practice and territorial self fashioning in israeli society. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society university of chicago press 2001 and the molecular archive forthcoming from the university of chicago press. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago press. Rekhes nafha 396 in the sixth through the eighth centuries c. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Archeology and the propaganda war against israel history. If one takes science to mean the production and acceptance of stable and uncontestable facts, then clearly archeology is not science in this standard definition of the term.
Reid of the two books, abu elhajs pro from napoleon to world war i. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society and the genealogical scienc e. As noted above, massad, also a wellknown and credible scholar, already had been targeted by zionist groups such as the david project. Archeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, originally a doctoral thesis, questions the historical existence of a. Nadia abu elhaj is professor in the departments of anthropology at barnard college and columbia university, and codirector of the center for palestine studies at columbia. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society, university of chicago press, 2001. Rabinowitz and others published who got to decide on nadia abu elhajs tenure. The book has been praised by some scholars and criticised by others. Israelis, palestinians, and the political lives of tourism kanaaneh, rhoda. Nadia abu elhaj is professor of anthropology at barnard college and. Can you tell us about the controversy facts on the ground sparked when it was published.
Archaeological practice and territorial self fashioning in israeli society 9780226001951. Archaeological practice and territorial self fashioning in israeli society, nadia abu elhaj is published by university of chicago. In this stirring book, nadia abu elhaj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement. Archeology and power during the british mandate of palestine. Facts on the ground available for download and read online in other formats. Archaeological practice and territorial self fashioning in israeli society stein, rebecca l. Archaeological practice and territorial selffashioning in israeli society.
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