1948: Cultural Scars Flashcards
Who Coined the term “nakba” and when?
Zurayk 1950
Who’s story presents Palestine as a raped virgin bride?
Muzaffar al-Nawaab’s Night Strings
What is the term nakba usually applied to?
Sudden disasters that befall man/collective, leaving them helpless and incapable of resistance
When did a heritage movement develop?
1970s
What has Sayigh said about nationalists of the 1970s’ nationalism?
National History stood over and excluded local, gendered an personal - until 1980s
Who other than kanafani published works in 1960s, partially explaining defeat from social class analysis?
Naji Allush
What does lentin argue?
That the story of 1948 is still full of silences regarding the experiences of different Palestinians
What does tamari argue about memories of Jaffa?
Romantic re-imagining of pre-48 Palestine is not necessarily bourgeois but one of escapism
Who is an example of a critical PCOI?
Mazzawi
who coined “jaffamania”?
Budairi
Who’s study focuses on refugees in Lebanon?
Allen
Whose study focuses on the language used by women?
Kassem
What does Said criticise Benvenisti for?
Focusing on reasons people left - irrelevant - what it is important is that they weren’t let back
Who criticises the use of the term “nakba”?
Hassan Khader - connotations of sudden unavoidable catastrophe - disempowering
What does tamari argue about memories of Palestine ?
Overriding sense of localism
Who stresses the gender related impact of Deir Yasin?
Hasso
Which poet has seen homeland as new exile?
Zaqtan
Who has criticised the Palestinians’ narcissism and self-pity?
Hasan Khader
What story highlights the dissatisfaction with return?
Habiby’s “the secret life of saeed: the pessoptimist”
Who argues that memories are sharper among PCOI?
El Nimr
Who sees nakba memories as a challenge to the morality of the Zionist project?
Sa’di
In which text by Kanafani is the world’s apathy a prominent theme?
Men in the Sun
Why does hammami thing the nakba remains such a prominent topic?
Ongoing power as a foundational event in the creation and ongoing reproduction of the Palestinian national consciousness and identity
When does memory become the only means of redemption?
When homeland and nation state no longer overlap, with no armed resistance
