Allan, Diana (Diana Keown), author.
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014];©2014
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Part of the series Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures;Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Commemorative economies — Economic subjectivity and everyday solidarities — Stealing power — Dream talk, futurity, and hope — Futures elsewhere — Many returns — Conclusion : the roots of exile.
• ‘Refugees of the Revolution’ is an evocative and provocative examination of everyday life in Shatila, a refugee camp in Beirut. Challenging common assumptions about Palestinian identity and nationalist politics, Diana Allan provides an immersive account of camp experience, tracking how residents relate across generations, cope with poverty and marginalization, and plan – pragmatically and speculatively – for the future. — Back cover

Subjects:

• Refugees, Palestinian Arab — Lebanon — Social conditions.
• Palestinian Arabs — Lebanon — Social conditions.
• Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 — Refugees — Lebanon.
• Shātīlā (Refugee camp)
• Refugee camps — Lebanon.

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