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Truman Shelves
New Books by Truman Scholars
THE WAR OF 1948
Representations of
Israeli and Palestinian
Memories and
Narratives
Edited by Avraham
Sela and Alon Kadish
The past three decades have witnessed a major surge in the production, by
both Israelis and Palestinians, of historical research and memory relating
to the 1948 war. This has been accompanied by shifting focus of the Arab-
Israeli conflict from one between Israel and the neighboring Arab states to
its original inter-communal Arab-Jewish dispute within historic Palestine.
This volume comprises chapters contributed by scholars of various expertise
and disciplines, all relating to Israeli and Palestinian memory and historical
narratives of the 1948 war.
JUIFS ET MUSULMANS
EN PALESTINE ET EN
ISRAEL
Des Origins a Nos Jours
by Amnon Cohen
The book describes the relationship between Jews and Arabs in Israel from the
beginning of Islam to the present day. Departing from the accepted picture of
hostile relations and mutual hostility over the past century, the book celebrates
the hundreds of years preceding the British Mandate. Analysis of thousands
of documents from the archives of the Muslim court in Jerusalem during the
400 years of Turkish-Ottoman rule makes it clear that there was a diverse and
multidisciplinary system of coexistence, tolerance and partnership in all areas
of life between the Jews of Palestine and their Arab neighbors.
THE THIRD WAVE
Protest and Revolution in
the Middle East
by Eli Podeh
and Onn Winkler
In December 2010, an unemployed Tunisian youth named Mohammed
Bouazizi set himself on fire. This act ignited demonstrations throughout the
Arab world, led to the downfall of the regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and
Yemen and sparked civil war in Syria and Yemen. The Arab Spring was the
third wave of awakening in the Arab world since the establishment of the Arab
territorial states after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. This book is the first indepth
Hebrew examination of the storm of the Arab Spring.
ISRAEL IN THE
MAKING
Stickers, Stitches, and
Other Critical Practices
by Hagar Salamon
The brilliant kaleidoscope of everyday creativity in Israel is thrown into relief in
this study, which teases out the abiding national tensions and contradictions at
work in the expressive acts of ordinary people. It examines creativity in Israel’s
public sphere through the discourse of bumper stickers, which have become
a potent medium for identity and commentary on national and religious
issues. The book captures the complex creative essence of a nation state and
vividly demonstrates how its citizens go about defining themselves, others,
and their country every day.
REWRITING
HISTORY IN MANGA
STORIES FOR THE
NATION
Edited by
Nissim Otmazgin
and Rebecca Suter
Based on a workshop organized by the editors at the University of Sydney,
this book looks at the way manga (comic publications) reproduces alternative
visions of Japanese history, and its potential to shape national historical
memory. The book concentrates on the way in which the past is integrated
and insinuated into the surrounding environment through the everyday
production and consumption of manga. Chapters showcase specific instances
of re-imagining, rewriting, and consuming history in manga format, from the
late nineteenth century to the present.
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