Living Palestine: Family Survival, Resistance, and Mobility Under Occupation

by Lisa Taraki

Book Overview

This groundbreaking volume takes an in-depth look at how individuals, families, and entire households "cope," negotiate their lives, and achieve personal and collective goals in Occupied Palestine. Contributors raise critical questions about tradition vs. modernity and the sociocultural consequences of emigration. Living Palestine establishes that household dynamics (i.e., kin-based marriage, fertility decisions, children's education, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631340
• ISBN13: 9780815631347
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"