The Naqab Bedouins - A Century of Politics and Resistance

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-17530-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

?Conventional wisdom positions the Naqab Bedouins in southern Palestine and under Israeli military rule as victims or passive recipients. In The Naqab Bedouins, Mansour Nasasra rewrites this narrative, presenting them as active agents who, in defending their community and culture, have defied attempts at subjugation and control. The book challenges the notion of Bedouin docility under Israeli military rule, showing how they have contributed to shaping their own destiny.

The Naqab Bedouins represents the first attempt to chronicle Bedouin history and politics across the last century, including the Ottoman era, the British Mandate, and Israeli military rule, and document its broader relevance to understanding state-minority relations in the region and beyond. Nasasra recounts the Naqab Bedouin history of political struggle, land claims, and defiance. Bedouin resistance to central authority, mainly through nonviolent action and the strength of kin-based tribal organization, gave them power. Through primary sources and oral history, including detailed interviews with local indigenous Bedouin and with Israeli and British officials, Nasasra shows how the Naqab Bedouin community survived strict state policies and military control and positioned itself as a political actor in the region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nasasra, Mansour

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and TablesNotes on Transliteration AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Understanding the State Project: Power, Resistance, and Indigeneity2. Ruling the Desert: Ottoman Policies Toward the Frontiers3. British Colonial Policies for the Southern Palestine and Transjordan Bedouin, 1917–19484. Envisioning the Jewish State Project5. The Emergence of Military Rule, 1949–19506. Reshaping the Tribes' Historical Order, 1950–1952: Border Issues, Land Rights, IDPs, and UN Intervention7. Traditional Leadership, Border Economy, Resistance, and Survival, 1952–19568. The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1956–19639. The End of Military Rule and Resistance to Urbanization Plans, 1962–196710. Postmilitary Rule, the Oslo Era, and the Contemporary Prawer Debate11. The Ongoing Denial of Bedouin Rights and Their Nonviolent ResistanceNotesReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

?Mansour Nasasra is lecturer of Middle East politics and international relations at the department of politics and government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He is coeditor of The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism: New Perspectives (2015).