Calendars, Monuments, and Martyrs
by
Tamir Sorek
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Collective memory transforms historical events into political myths. In this book, Tamir Sorek considers the development of collective memory and national commemoration among the Palestinian citizens of Israel. He charts the popular politicization of four key events—the Nakba, the 1956 Kafr Qasim...