Tracing homelands : Israel, Palestine, and the claims of belonging
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Northampton, Massachusetts : Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.
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xvi, 240 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
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Yavapai College - Verde - Storage
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Published
Northampton, Massachusetts : Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.
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Book - Regular Print
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English

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"A raw and courageous memoir of the 1948 war and its aftermath and searing personal journey to uncover the suppressed traumas, facts, and myths that undergird the so-called Israeli-Palestinian conflict When author Linda Dittmar stumbles upon the ruins of an abandoned Palestinian village, she is faced with a past that sits uneasily with her Israeli childhood memories-and the history she was raised never to question. Tracing Homelands is an intimate, beautifully written account that uncovers inconvenient truths about an embattled Israeli-Palestinian history that is often buried in silence. Its eloquently personal voice charts a reluctant eyewitness' journey to uncover the ruins of Palestinian villages destroyed in the 1948 war, while weaving flashbacks to the author's Israeli youth and Zionist upbringing. A braided narrative told with empathy and unflinching honesty, it reflects on the Palestinian and Jewish lives entwined in this searing history. As Dittmar revisits the sites and sights of her childhood, her intimate understanding of the 1948 war and its aftermath opens up an inquiry into the language and silence, the seeing and willed not-seeing, that have been obscuring the Nakba and holding peace hostage. Spanning six decades of this history (1942-2008), this story of war and dispossession rests on deep attachment to a land that is claimed by both people. Here the land itself speaks its own truths: a tale told in rocks and mud, pine forests and parched summer grass, and vibrant modernity amid derelict sentinels of its past"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dittmar, L. (2023). Tracing homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the claims of belonging . Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dittmar, Linda, 1938-. 2023. Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging. Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dittmar, Linda, 1938-. Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dittmar, Linda. Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.

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