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Arab and Jew : wounded spirits in a promised land / David K. Shipler.

Shipler, David K., 1942- (Author). Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. (Added Author).

Summary:

Examines the relationships, mutual images, and stereotypes that have evolved between Arabs and Jews in Israel and in territorities under Israeli control.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0140103767
  • ISBN: 9780140103762
  • Physical Description: xvii, 596 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987, ©1986.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Times Books, ©1986.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-562) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part one : aversion. War : earth of brass -- Nationalisms : paradise lost -- Terrorism : the banality of evil -- Religious absolutism : Isaac and Ishmael -- Part two : images. The violent, craven Arab -- The violent, craven Jew -- The primitive, exotic Arab -- The alien, superior Jew -- Segregation and class -- Sexual fears and fantasies -- Mirrors of Semitism -- The Holocaust -- Part three : interaction. A mingling of cultures -- Fire in the desert -- Secret police in an open society -- Arab citizens of the Jewish state -- The sin of love -- The dream.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1987.

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Subject:
Jewish-Arab relations.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel > Ethnic relations.
West Bank > Ethnic relations.
Gaza Strip > Ethnic relations.
National characteristics, Arab.
National characteristics, Israeli.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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