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The Rhetoric of Violence

Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film

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  • © 2005

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  1. Kamal Abdel-Malek
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 1-7

  3. Chronology of Modern Palestinian History

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 9-16

  4. Chronology of Modern Israeli History

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 17-19

  5. Strangers at Home

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 21-33

  6. Exile and Life on Border Lines

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 35-63

  7. Encounters and Moments of Breakthrough

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 65-94

  8. The Feminine Connection: Palestinian Women Writers on War and Reconciliation

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 95-113

  9. Reel Encounters: Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews in Film

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 115-141

  10. Conclusion

    • Kamal Abdel-Malek
    Pages 143-152

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 153-231
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About this book

Despite the urgent need to develop understandings of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, the role of violence and reconciliation in Palestinian and Israeli literature and film has received only brief treatment. This book is intended to fill that void; that is to explore how Israelis and Palestinians view and depict themselves and each other in situations that lead to either violence or reconciliation, and the ways in which both parties define themselves in relation to one another. The book examines selected Palestinian and Israeli literary works and a small number of films and their tacit assumptions about Israeli Jews. It will attempt to look at, among other questions a) is violence perceived as a means of empowerment, b) is there connection between imaginary violence in literature and actual violence, and what is the nature of the association between creative writers and violence? (eg. popular writer Ghassan Kanafani who is also a spokesman for the violent PFLP).

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'Kamal Abdel-Malek, well known to scholars in the field of Arabic literature, turns his attention to the confrontation of Israeli and Palestinian interests and cultures within a small but much contested terrain. The current work, grounded in the theories of literature and cultural studies, examines the ways in which each of the two traditions explores the "other" through the media of literature and film. There are excellent studies of major figures in both milieus, including Habibi, Kanafani, Fadwa Tuqan, Sahar Khalifa, and Mahmud Darwish in the Palestinian context, and Yehoshua and Amichai on the Israeli. The work is well referenced, and should be a useful source of critical insight for all those interested in exploring the central space lying between the extremes (and extremists) of both sides.' Roger Allen, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania

About the author

KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK is Associate Professor of Arabic Literatures at American University, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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