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Hidden Histories : Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849645454
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hidden HistoriesDDC classification:
  • 956
LOC classification:
  • DS62 -- .R24 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Ilustrations -- Credits -- Preface -- Introduction: Understanding the History of the Eastern Mediterranean -- Part One: Ancient Myths, Religions, and Cultures -- 1. "Canaan Nails": Idealized Perceptions and Their Uses -- 2. Polytheistic Origins of Monotheism -- 3. Sacred Sites, Pagan Roots -- 4. Ugaritic Revelations: What an Ancient City Tells Us -- 5. Wheels of Fortune: The Alphabet -- Part Two: Modern Myths and (De)Colonized History -- 6. "Last of the Phoenicians": Identity Questions -- 7. Appropriation: Zionist Cultural Takeover -- 8. Self-Colonization: Symptoms and Outcomes -- 9. Cats of Jerusalem -- 10. Politics of Place Names -- 11. Epilogue: Retrieving the Ancient Subaltern -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: A history of colonial interference in Palestine and the East Mediterranean that constructs a valuable and original historical and cultural narrative.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Ilustrations -- Credits -- Preface -- Introduction: Understanding the History of the Eastern Mediterranean -- Part One: Ancient Myths, Religions, and Cultures -- 1. "Canaan Nails": Idealized Perceptions and Their Uses -- 2. Polytheistic Origins of Monotheism -- 3. Sacred Sites, Pagan Roots -- 4. Ugaritic Revelations: What an Ancient City Tells Us -- 5. Wheels of Fortune: The Alphabet -- Part Two: Modern Myths and (De)Colonized History -- 6. "Last of the Phoenicians": Identity Questions -- 7. Appropriation: Zionist Cultural Takeover -- 8. Self-Colonization: Symptoms and Outcomes -- 9. Cats of Jerusalem -- 10. Politics of Place Names -- 11. Epilogue: Retrieving the Ancient Subaltern -- Notes -- References -- Index.

A history of colonial interference in Palestine and the East Mediterranean that constructs a valuable and original historical and cultural narrative.

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