Arab and Jew : wounded spirits in a promised land /
Wounded spirits in a promised land
David K. Shipler.
- Reprint, originally published.
- New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1987
- xvii, 596 p. : ill., maps.; 21cm.
" Winner of the 1986 pulitzeer prize." cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [557]-562) and index.
Aversion: War earth of brass; nationalisms: paradise lost; terrorism: the banality of evil; religious absolutism: Isaac and Ishmael--- Images: The violent, Craven Arab; the violent, Craven Jew; the primitive, exotic Arab; the Alien, superior Jew; segregation and class; sexual fears and fantasies; mirrors of semitism; the holocaust--- Interaction: A mingling of cultures; fire in the desert; secret police in an open society; Arab citizens of the Jewish state; the sin of love; the dream
0140103767 (pbk.) 9780140103762 (pbk.)
Jewish-Arab relations--1949- National characteristics, Arab. National characteristics, Israeli.