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" The making of a human bomb : "
Nasser Abufarha.
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BL
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847053
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Abufarha, Nasser,1964-
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The making of a human bomb : : an ethnography of Palestinian resistance /\ Nasser Abufarha.
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| Publication Statement
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Durham :: Duke University Press,, 2009.
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The cultures and practice of violence series
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x, 277 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0822344289
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: 0822344394
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: 9780822344285
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: 9780822344391
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.
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| Contents
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Histories and historicities in Palestine -- State expansion and the violence of "peace making" in Palestine -- The carrier -- Dying to live -- The strategies and politics of martyrdom in Palestine.
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"In The Making of a Human Bomb, Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian anthropologist, explains the cultural logic underlying Palestinian martyrdom operations (suicide attacks) launched against Israel during the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-06). In so doing, he sheds much-needed light on how Palestinians have experienced and perceived the broader conflict. During the Intifada, many of the martyrdom operations against Israeli targets were initiated in the West Bank town of Jenin and surrounding villages. Abufarha was born and raised in Jenin. His personal connections to the area enabled him to conduct ethnographic research there during the Intifada, while he was a student at a U.S. university. Abufarha draws on the life histories of martyrs, interviews he conducted with their families and members of the groups that sponsored their operations, and examinations of Palestinian literature, art, performance, news stories, and political commentaries. He also assesses data-about the bombers, targets, and fatalities caused-from more than two hundred martyrdom operations carried out by Palestinian groups between 2001 and 2004. Some involved the use of explosive belts or the detonation of cars; others entailed armed attacks against Israeli targets (military and civilian) undertaken with the intent of fighting until death. In addition, he scrutinized suicide attacks executed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad between 1994 and 2000"--Book cover.
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Arab-Israeli conflict-- 1993-
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Political violence-- Palestine.
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Suicide bombers-- Palestine.
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Suicide bombings-- Palestine.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Political violence.
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Självmordsbombare-- Palestina.
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Suicide bombers.
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Suicide bombings.
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Intifada (2000-2005)
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Nahostkonflikt.
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Nahostkonflikt.
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Palästinenser.
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Selbstmordattentat.
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Selbstmordattentat.
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Israel.
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Israel.
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Middle East, Palestine.
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Palästinenser.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.9405
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HV6433.P25A28 2009
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EH 5371rvk
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ML 9340rvk
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