The Social and Cultural History of Palestine: Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2023

The Social and Cultural History of Palestine

Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari

Edited by: Sarah Irving

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399503631

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Explores the social and cultural landscape of Palestine under Late Ottoman and British rule

Highlights the rise of social and cultural history within scholarly research on Palestine
Discusses issues of gender, class, race and empire, set against the background of the diverse Palestinian society of the first half of the 20th century
Draws on a wide range of archival materials in Arabic, Hebrew, Ottoman Turkish, French and other languages, many of them rarely examined by researchers
Brings together a multigenerational selection of researchers in the field, from senior figures in Palestinian history to exciting newcomers

Over the past decade, histories of Late Ottoman and especially Mandate Palestine have moved away from the political framing of the Arab-Israeli conflict to consider questions of social and cultural history, as well as, increasingly, adopting new frameworks such as environmental and medical history. One of the most important voices in this movement, as a scholar and as a mentor of others’ work, has been Salim Tamari. This volume brings together both new and established researchers on Late Ottoman and Mandate-era social and cultural history, many of them Palestinian, to showcase the kind of work inspired by Tamari’s legacy, to reflect on the development of these themes in the historiographical context, and to contribute to the decolonisation of Palestinian history. The contents range from considerations of tourist souvenirs and artisanal manufacture to the social history of Gaza, and from debates around cosmopolitanism in colonial Palestine to the socio-economic roles of Palestinian women.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
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The Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: The Social and Cultural in the Historiography of Mandate Palestine Sarah Irving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Jaffa before the Nakba: Palestine’s Thriving City, 1799–1948 Mahmoud Yazbak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2 To ‘Strengthen Mediterranean Resistance’? Albert Antebi and the Porous Boundaries of Cultural Identification in Ottoman Jerusalem, 1896–1919 Karène Sanchez Summerer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Chapter 3 Tales out of School: Palestinian Students in a Jewish Institution, 1870–1937 Dotan Halevy and Amin Khalaf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 4 Costumes and the Image: Authenticity, Identity and Photography in Palestine Sary Zananiri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 5 ‘The Reconstruction of Palestine’: Geographical Imaginaries after World War I Nadi Abusaada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 6 Decolonising the Social History of Rural Palestinian Women: The Economic Activity of Rural Women in Galilee during the British Mandate Rawda Morkus-Makhoul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Chapter 7 Ethnographies of Madness: Père Antonin Jaussen, Shaykh Sa’ad al-Din and the Management of Mental Illness in Mandate-era Nablus Chris Sandal-Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Chapter 8 ‘Irrespective of Community or Creed’: Charity, Solidarity and the 1927 Jericho Earthquake Sarah Irving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Chapter 9 Photographing the Palestinian Nakba: Rethinking the Role of Photography in Historical Writing Issam Nassar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Other: 28 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: January 31, 2023
ISBN: 9781399503631