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Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Palestinian Culture in the Middle East: Between Arabism, Westernism and Israelism; Modern arabic literatures

plural; Modern Palestinian literature ... or literatures?; The culture of the other

Israeli Jews; 1. The Quest for Identity: Three Issues in Israeli-Arab Literature; For whom do Israeli Arabs write?; Where do Israeli-Arab writers publish?; What do Israeli Arabs write about?; 2. The Other Face: The Language Choice of Arab Writers in Israel. Modern Arabic literatures

to write in the language of the otherIsraeli Arabs writing in Hebrew and Arabic; 3. Between Interlaced Worlds: Riyād Baydas and the Arabic Short Story in Israel; The thematic world of Riyād Baydas; Arabic society in transition; Poetics, style and writing technique; 4. Stones for the Homeland: Palestinian Literature of the Intifāda (1987-90); The status of Palestinian periodicals during the intifāda; The main themes in intifāda writing; 5. Danger, High Voltage: The Image of the Jew/Israeli in Palestinian Intifāda Literature (1987-90). A major negation and a minor affirmationThe religious confrontation between Islam and Judaism; Connections and relations between Israelis and Palestinians; 6. The Holiness of a City: Jerusalem in the Literature of the Intifāda (1987-90); The religious-political meaning of Jerusalem; The historical myth of Jerusalem; Jerusalem as a symbol of the beloved; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index