Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B013FSRUY2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Noga Kadman is a researcher and licensed tour guide whose main interest is to explore the encounter between Israelis and the Palestinian presence in the landscape and history of the country. She is co-editor of Once Upon a Land: A Tour Guide to Depopulated Palestinian Villages and Towns (in Hebrew and Ar
Five Stars Excellent, clearly written and well researched.. "A very good book that some readers will hate. Also a case study in the creation of a new national narrative." according to lyndonbrecht. I will guess that the fate of this book is to be mostly ignored. It's translated from the Hebrew, and published by a respected American academic press, so its credentials are good. Kadman's book explores an explosive issue set, related to the several hundred thousand Palestinians who fled several hundred villages in the course of t
Israelis are familiar with the ruins, terraces, and orchards that mark these sites today—almost half are located within tourist areas or national parks—but public descriptions rarely acknowledge that Arab communities existed there within living memory or describe how they came to be depopulated. The state embarked on a systematic effort of renaming and remaking the landscape, and the Arab presence was all but erased from official maps and histories. Hundreds of Palestinian villages were left empty across Israel when their residents became refugees after the 1948 war, their lands and property confiscated. Using official archives, kibbutz publications, and visits to the former village sites, Noga Kadman has reconstructed this history of erasure for all 418 depopulated villages.. Most of the villages were razed by the new State of Israel, but in dozens of others, communities of Jews were settled—many refugees in their own right
If we don't know what happened, we can't understand what is happenning now or figure out what to do next." Huffington Post"Poignant, sensitive, and compassionate, Kadman’s deeply-informed inquiry exposes graphically the process of 'demographic Judaization' of Palestine, in physical reality and cultural comprehension. While many scholars have referred to the denial of the existence of a thriving Palestinian society before 1948 in Israeli culture, Kadman uncovers the 'black box' of the discourse of denial and eloquently demonstrates some major mechanisms of its production. Now Kadman has provided an exhaustive treatment. And for historians, this will be the go-to-volume for years to come." Christian Research Journal"A very valuable contribution to existing scholarship. For students of that history, however