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Deconstructing Jerusalem

Deconstructing Jerusalem JouRnal of Palestine studies DECONSTRUCTING JERUSALEM City of Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism, edited by Philipp Misselwitz and Tim Rieniets. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2006. 392 pages. About the Authors to p. 398. $50.00 paper. Reviewed by Craig Larkin City of Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism is an anthology of essays, maps, and photographs tackling the complexities and dynamism of Jerusalem’s contested urban spaces.This Craig Larkin, a research fellow of political science at the University of Exeter, is currently working on a project titled Conflict in Cities and the Contested State. ambitious but engaging edited volume offers a trilateral perspective (Israeli, Palestinian, and international) and a multidisciplinary approach (architecture, urbanism, geography, art, and anthropology) probing the city’s fault lines, fissures, and urban connections. Visually impressive and graphically innovative, the thirty essays deal with relevant spatial and social themes, yet without offering the depth of critical analysis that might have been expected from its experienced contributors.The essays serve as mere snapshots, case studies, or brief theoretical outlines, which require further exploration, development, and, in some places, greater cogency. Despite well-organized chapters based on spatial dialectic themes (enclave/exclaves, barriers/links, etc.), it is the illuminating maps and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Palestine Studies University of California Press

Deconstructing Jerusalem

Journal of Palestine Studies , Volume 39 (1) – Oct 1, 2009

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University of California Press
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Copyright © by the University of California Press
Subject
Recent Books
ISSN
0377-919X
eISSN
1533-8614
DOI
10.1525/jps.2010.XXXIX.1.76
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JouRnal of Palestine studies DECONSTRUCTING JERUSALEM City of Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism, edited by Philipp Misselwitz and Tim Rieniets. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2006. 392 pages. About the Authors to p. 398. $50.00 paper. Reviewed by Craig Larkin City of Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism is an anthology of essays, maps, and photographs tackling the complexities and dynamism of Jerusalem’s contested urban spaces.This Craig Larkin, a research fellow of political science at the University of Exeter, is currently working on a project titled Conflict in Cities and the Contested State. ambitious but engaging edited volume offers a trilateral perspective (Israeli, Palestinian, and international) and a multidisciplinary approach (architecture, urbanism, geography, art, and anthropology) probing the city’s fault lines, fissures, and urban connections. Visually impressive and graphically innovative, the thirty essays deal with relevant spatial and social themes, yet without offering the depth of critical analysis that might have been expected from its experienced contributors.The essays serve as mere snapshots, case studies, or brief theoretical outlines, which require further exploration, development, and, in some places, greater cogency. Despite well-organized chapters based on spatial dialectic themes (enclave/exclaves, barriers/links, etc.), it is the illuminating maps and

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Journal of Palestine StudiesUniversity of California Press

Published: Oct 1, 2009

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