Madelaine Adelman

Jerusalem

Conflict and Cooperation in a Contested City
Herausgeber: Adelman, Madelaine; Fendius Elman, Miriam

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Produktbeschreibung

Jerusalem is one of the most contested urban spaces in the world. It is a multicultural city, but one that is unlike other multiethnic cities. This book brings together scholars from across the social sciences and the humanities to consider how different disciplinary theories and methods contribute to the study of conflict and cooperation in modern Jerusalem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780815633396
• ISBN-10: 0815633394
• Artikelnr.: 40076443

Autorenporträt

Madelaine Adelman is associate professor of justice and social inquiry at the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Miriam Fendius Elman is associate professor of political science at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Jerusalem and the Demise of the Oslo Peace Process
2. Sacred Urbanism
3. Jerusalem in Religious Studies
4. The City and the Body
5. Contested Ignominies and Conflicting Sacralities
6. Changing Research Perspectives on the Changing City
7. Viewing the Holy City
8. Sex and the City
9. Jerusalem in Java
10. Jerusalem, Tourism, and the Politics of Heritage