"After a decade of research in the Johannesburg and Jerusalem regions, Andy Clarno presents here a detailed ethnographic study of the precariousness of the poor in Alexandra township, the dynamics of colonization and enclosure in Bethlehem, the growth of fortress suburbs and pri…
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In recent years, as peace between Israelis and Palestinians has remained cruelly elusive, scholars and activists have increasingly turned to South African history and politics to make sense of the situation. In the early 1990s, both South Africa and Israel began negotiating with…
"This book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen war and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were …
"This book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen war and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were …
"Conant has an ear for story, poetry, and wonder, his new telling of the Zapatista struggle is full of delights. Raj Patel, author of 'Stuffed and starved'. Conant's engrossing book distills critical lessons about the Zapatistas use of storytelling, spectacle, and truly revoluti…
"Part literary criticism, part media analysis, and part marketing handbook, A Poetics of Resistance provides a refreshingly new take on the Zapatistas. While much has been written on the history of the Zapatista insurgency and on the communiqués of Subcomandante Marcos, very lit…
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"The first "postmodern revolution" presented itself to the world through a complex web of propaganda in every available medium: the colorful communiques of Subcomandante Marcos, the ski masks, uniforms, dolls, murals, songs, and weapons both symbolic and real. By proliferating a…
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""Conant has an ear for story, poetry, and wonder, his new telling of the Zapatista struggle is full of delights. R︣aj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved" ""Conant's engrossing book distills critical lessons about the Zapatistas use of storytelling, spectacle, and truly revolut…
"Part literary criticism, part media analysis, and part marketing handbook, A Poetics of Resistance provides a refreshingly new take on the Zapatistas. While much has been written on the history of the Zapatista insurgency and on the communiqués of Subcomandante Marcos, very lit…