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Palestine online : transnationalism, the internet and the construction of identity / Miriyam Aouragh.

By: Publication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.Edition: New edDescription: xix, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781780762418 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.54095 23 A638
LOC classification:
  • DS113.6 .A58 2012
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Virtual Reality from Below -- 2.Techno-political Infrastructures -- 3.Palestinian Mobility Offline and Online -- 4.Virtual space, Territorial place -- 5.The Making of Palestine Online -- 6.At the Crossroads: Internet Cafes -- 7.Epilogue.
Summary: For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon. She closely examines the uses and limits of internet technology under conditions of war, along with the ways in which virtual participation enables the generation of new ideals for political reconciliation and self-determination. Through the internet, participants reconstruct a virtual "Palestinian homeland," gain a space for recovering the past, for overcoming issues of mobility, and for generating social change. This book provides a new angle on those affected by the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and furthers understanding about the connection between electronic media, politics, and national identity more widely.
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Originally published: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Virtual Reality from Below -- 2.Techno-political Infrastructures -- 3.Palestinian Mobility Offline and Online -- 4.Virtual space, Territorial place -- 5.The Making of Palestine Online -- 6.At the Crossroads: Internet Cafes -- 7.Epilogue.

For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon. She closely examines the uses and limits of internet technology under conditions of war, along with the ways in which virtual participation enables the generation of new ideals for political reconciliation and self-determination. Through the internet, participants reconstruct a virtual "Palestinian homeland," gain a space for recovering the past, for overcoming issues of mobility, and for generating social change. This book provides a new angle on those affected by the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and furthers understanding about the connection between electronic media, politics, and national identity more widely.