Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration

Laleh Khalili

Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 - xi, 260 p., 24 cm - Cambridge Middle East Studies; 27 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-252) and index.

Transnational movements and discourses -- Palestinian lives and local institutions in the camps of Lebanon -- Forms of commemoration -- Contents of commemoration : narratives of heroism, suffering, and sumud -- Guerrillas and martyrs : the evolution of national "heroes" -- Between battles and massacres : commemorating violent events -- Commemoration in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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Palestinian Arabs--History--20th century
National liberation movements--Palestine
Martyrdom--Commemoration--Palestine
Collective memory--Martyrs--Palestine
Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon
Arab-Israeli conflict