Colonial Effects : The Making of National Identity in Jordan

Joseph Massad

ISBN 10: 023112323X / ISBN 13: 9780231123235

Published by Columbia University Press Sep 2001, 2001

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Neuware - This book analyzes how modern Jordanian identity was created and defined. Massad studies two key institutions, the law and the military, and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity in the postcolonial period.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colonial Effects : The Making of National Identity in Jordan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press Sep 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 023112323X
• ISBN 13: 9780231123235
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 174H x 24D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 564 grams

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Synopsis

Colonial Effects analyzes the creation and definition of modern Jordanian identity. Massad studies two key institutions-- the law and the military--and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity in the postcolonial period.

Joseph A. Massad engages recent scholarly debates on nationalism and richly fulfills the analytical promise of Michel Foucault's insight that modern institutions and their power to have productive, not merely repressive or coercive, capacities―though Massad also stresses their continued repressive function.

His argument is advanced by a consideration of evidence, including images produced by state tourist agencies aimed at attracting Western visitors, the changing and precarious position of women in the newly constructed national space, and such practices as soccer games, music, songs, food, clothing, and shifting accents and dialects.

About the Author

Joseph A. Massad is assistant professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He won the Malcolm Kerr Dissertation Award for this work from the Middle East Studies Association.