A Tale of Two Narratives: The Holocaust, the Nakba, and the Israeli-palestinian Battle of Memories (Cambridge Middle East Studies)

Name: A Tale of Two Narratives: The Holocaust, the Nakba, and the Israeli-palestinian Battle of Memories (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108794404-N
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By Grace Wermenbol

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The Holocaust and the Nakba are foundational traumas in Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian societies and form key parts of each respective collective identity. This book offers a parallel analysis of the transmission of these foundational pasts in Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian societies by exploring how the Holocaust and the Nakba have been narrated since the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords. The work exposes the existence and perpetuation of ethnocentric victimhood narratives that serve as the theoretical foundations for an ensuing minimization - or even denial - of the other's past. Three established realms of societal memory transmission provide the analytical framework for this study: official state education, commemorative acts, and mass mediation. Through this analysis, the work demonstrates the interrelated nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the contextualization of the primary historical events, while also highlighting the universal malleability of mnemonic practices.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 412
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date:: 2023-03-02
Weight:: 567 g
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