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The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.

The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab af...

The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.

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The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.

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Full title

The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.

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Publisher

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.

Date

2006.

Call Numbers

N956.9405/68

Record Identifier

74VKKXpxD22b

MMS ID

991021879199702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

What is mizrahanut? a methodological introduction -- The Jews underneath the Arab's mask: the experience of the Orient in the prestate period -- The field of Orientalist expertise before 1948 -- The struggle over jurisdiction, 1948-1953 -- The discourse about the Arab village -- Military intelligenc...

Publication information

Publisher

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.

Place of Publication

California

Date Published

2006.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"In this historical study, Gil Eyal argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. But following the creation of the state, these experts took up a n...

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Full title

The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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Call Numbers

N956.9405/68

Record Identifier

74VKKXpxD22b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKXpxD22b

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ISBN

0804754039 (hbk.) :

9780804754033 (hbk.) :

DDC

956.9405019

MMS ID

991021879199702626

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