Title Palestinian commemoration in Israel : calendars, monuments, and martyrs / Tamir Sorek

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures. Contents Commemoration under British rule -- The Kafr Qasim Massacre and Land Day -- The political calendar in the twenty-first century -- Memorials for martyrs, I (1976-1983) -- Memorials for martyrs, II (1998-2013) -- On the margins of commemoration -- Disciplining Palestinian memory -- The struggle over the next generation -- Political summer camps -- The quest for victory -- Latent nostalgia for Yitzhak Rabin Summary Collective memory transforms historical events into political myths. In this book, Tamir Sorek considers the development of collective memory and national commemoration among the Palestinian citizens of Israel. He charts the popular politicization of four key events-the Nakba, the 1956 Kafr Qasim Massacre, the 1976 Land Day, and the October 2000 killing of twelve Palestinian citizens in Israel-and investigates a range of commemorative sites, including memorial rallies, monuments, poetry, the education system, political summer camps, and individual historical remembrance. These sites have becom Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 13, 2015) Subject Arab-Israeli conflict -- Anniversaries, etc Muslim martyrs -- Israel -- Anniversaries, etc Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- Anniversaries, etc Collective memory -- Israel Memorialization -- Israel Memorials -- Israel Palestine question (1948-) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions. Collective memory Memorialization Memorials Israel Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804795203 0804795207

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