{"product_id":"living-palestine-family-survival-resistance-and-mobility-under-occupation-paperback","title":"Living Palestine: Family Survival, Resistance, and Mobility Under Occupation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Taraki\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003ci\u003e Living Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e establishes that household dynamics (i.e., kin-based marriage, fertility decisions, children's education, and living arrangements) cannot be fully grasped unless linked to the traumas of the past and worries of the present. Likewise, family strategies for survival and social mobility under occupation are swept up in the tide of history that engulfs the world in which Palestinians live and struggle. \u003ci\u003eLiving Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e is drawn from an expansive research project of the Institute for Women's Studies at Birzeit University which sought to examine the Palestinian household from multiple perspectives through a survey of two thousand households\u003cbr\u003ein nineteen communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Taraki\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of sociology at Birzeit University. She has published articles in books and professional journals on Palestinian mass organizations and the Palestinian national movement, Jordanian Islamists and gender relations, and various aspects of gender relations in Middle Eastern and Palestinian Society. She has also contributed to several commissioned reports on socioeconomic and gender issues in Palestine. She is currently researching urban life in Palestine, and the chapter coauthored with Giacaman in this volume is part of this effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.28 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777227751712,"sku":"9780815631347","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e3403ee78ccae58b84b1d486e0f02fd3.webp?v=1780495122","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/living-palestine-family-survival-resistance-and-mobility-under-occupation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}