Laura Junka-Aikio

Late Modern Palestine

The subject and representation of the second intifada

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Produktbeschreibung

Late Modern Palestine looks at the ways in which the relationship between the subject and representation and the political problematic of postcolonial late modernity is articulated in the context of the Palestinians' struggle for liberation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138933903
• ISBN-10: 1138933902
• Artikelnr.: 42744324

Autorenporträt

Laura Junka-Aikio is a post-doctoral researcher at the Giellagas Institute, University of Oulu, Finland

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Palestine and the politics of postcolonial late modernity.
'Representing' the second intifada - a note on practice. National
Liberation and the 'Great Disillusion'. (Post)colonial Palestine? Reframing
the Subject in Palestine Studies Chapter 1: Late modern subjects of
colonial occupation. The first intifada. The second intifada.
Liberal-nationalist discourses and the return to national unity. Palestine
in a state of exception. Late modern subjects of colonial occupation
Chapter 2: Hybrid resistance: The politics of Gaza Beach. Gaza Beach. The
shifting aesthetics of Palestinian resistance. Geographies of occupation
and topologies of resistance. The hoping subject Chapter 3: Postcolonising
Palestine through state-building. From a liberation struggle to a state
without liberation. The state and cultures of resistance. Postcolonial
politics in Palestine Chapter 4: Mobile phones and the rise of
neoliberalism. A short history of telecommunications in Palestine. The
nationalist strategy: One voice, one Jawwal. Expecting quality, not
equality. Subaltern militancy and corporate power. Resistance in a complex
world Chapter 5: Transnational political discourses and the aesthetics of
living against occupation. Late Modernity and the "Crisis of the Left".
Humanitarianism, Islamism, and the question of hegemony. Suleiman and the
disappearance of the collective subject. Beyond Unity: The aesthetics of
living against occupation Conclusions: The differend of the 'Palestinian
Spring'. The empty space of politics proper. A spring of redemption and
romance. The Palestinian differend. ...After politics and representation:
justice