The Palestinian Peasant as National Signifier

The Palestinian Peasant as National Signifier

The peasant is a central figure in West-Bank Palestinian expressive culture and historiography. This paper explores how the signifier of the peasant is used to construct a sense of a unified Palestinian nation for the purposes of the struggle against Israeli colonial policies, and how, at the same t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anthropological quarterly 1990-01, Vol.63 (1), p.18-30
1. Verfasser: Swedenburg, Ted
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural land
Colonialism
Crops
Economics
Israel
Nationalism
Palestinian people
Palestinians
Peasant class
Peasants
Political discourse
Popular uprisings
Rebellions
Rural areas
Semiotic signs
Sociocultural Factors
Territorial issues
Villages
Zionism
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Zusammenfassung:The peasant is a central figure in West-Bank Palestinian expressive culture and historiography. This paper explores how the signifier of the peasant is used to construct a sense of a unified Palestinian nation for the purposes of the struggle against Israeli colonial policies, and how, at the same time, the peasant's unifying function works ideologically to cover over significant differences within Palestinian society.
ISSN:0003-5491
1534-1518
DOI:10.2307/3317957