1st Edition

The Jewish-Arab City Spatio-politics in a mixed community

By Haim Yacobi Copyright 2009
160 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both exceptional and involuntary. Looking at Jewish-Arab relations in Israel in the context of the... Read more

Introduction  1. Orientalism, Modernity and Urban Design in Mandatory Lydda  2. From al-Ludd to Lod  3. Architecture and the Struggle over Geography  4. Territorialization and the City's Geopolitics of Fear  5. Agents, Enemies, and the Privatization of Space  6. Walking, Inhabiting, Narrating.  Conclusion

Biography

Haim Yacobi is an architect and lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University. His main research interests are the production of urban space, social justice, the politics of identity, migration, globalization and urban planning.