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A City in Fragments
- Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem
Engelsk Paperback
A City in Fragments
- Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem
Engelsk Paperback

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In the mid-nineteenth century, Jerusalem was rich with urban texts inscribed in marble, gold, and cloth, investing holy sites with divine meaning. Ottoman modernization and British colonial rule transformed the city; new texts became a key means to organize society and subjectivity. Stone inscriptions, pilgrims' graffiti, and sacred banners gave way to street markers, shop signs, identity papers, and visiting cards that each sought to define and categorize urban space and people. A City in Fragments tells the modern history of a city overwhelmed by its religious and symbolic significance. Yair Wallach walked the streets of Jerusalem to consider the graffiti, logos, inscriptions, official signs, and ephemera that transformed the city over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As these urban texts became a tool in the service of capitalism, nationalism, and colonialism, the affinities of Arabic and Hebrew were forgotten and these sister-languages found themselves locked in a bitter war. Looking at the writing of—and literally on—Jerusalem, Wallach offers a creative and expansive history of the city, a fresh take on modern urban texts, and a new reading of the Israel/Palestine conflict through its material culture.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781503611139
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1503611132
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 jun 2020
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
153mm
Forlag:
Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato:
30 jun 2020
Forfatter(e):
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