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OverviewCovering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East in order to foster a new understanding of violence beyond that of a meaningless and destructive social and political act. Contributions explore processes sparked by the transition from empires - Ottoman and Qajar, but also European - to the formation of nation states, and the resulting changes in cityscapes throughout the region. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ulrike Freitag , Nelida Fuccaro , Claudia Ghrawi , Nora LafiPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 14 ISBN: 9781789208290ISBN 10: 1789208297 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 14 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Urban Violence in the Middle East: Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation State Claudia Ghrawi, Fatemeh Masjedi, Nelida Fuccaro, Ulrike Freitag Part I: Managing and Employing Violence Chapter 1. Mapping and Scaling Urban Violence: The 1800 Insurrection in Cairo Nora Lafi Chapter 2. A Capital Challenge: Managing Violence and Disorders in Late Ottoman Istanbul Noemi Levy-Aksu Chapter 3. Gendered Obscenity: Women's Tongues, Men's Phalluses and the State's Fist in the Making of Urban Norm in Interwar Egypt Hanan Hammad Part II: Symbolic Politics of Violence Chapter 4. Urban Violence, the Muharram Processions and the Transformation of Iranian Urban Society: The Case of Dezful Reza Masoudi Nejad Chapter 5. Symbolic Politics and Urban Violence in Late Ottoman Jeddah Ulrike Freitag Part III: Communal Violence and its Discontents Chapter 6. The 1850 Uprising in Aleppo: Reconsidering the Explanatory Power of Sectarian Argumentations Feras Krimsti Chapter 7. The City as a Stage for a Violent Spectacle: The Massacres of Armenians in Istanbul in 1895-96 Florian Riedler Chapter 8. Transforming the Holy City: From Communal Clashes to Urban Violence, the Nebi Musa Riots in 1920 Roberto Mazza Part IV: Oil Cities: Spatiality and Violence Chapter 9. On Lines and Fences: Labour, Community and Violence in an Oil City Rasmus Christian Elling Chapter 10. Reading Oil as Urban Violence: Kirkuk and its Oil Conurbation, 1927-1958 Nelida Fuccaro Chapter 11. Structural and Physical Violence in Saudi Arabian Oil Towns, 1953-1956 Claudia Ghrawi Afterword: Urban Injustice, Urban Violence and the Revolution: Reflections on Cairo Khaled Adham Notes on Contributors BibliographyReviewsThe book is a fascinating enrichment for the historically interested readers who are keen to learn more about the phenomenon of violence in urban spaces. The historical background invites to reconsider contemporary conflicts. * DAVO ...the spatial approach of the studies in this volume provides a framework for understanding recent events. For students and researchers examining street politics and urban conflict, in the Middle East or beyond, Urban Violence in the Middle East shows how macro level spatial context can be used to develop deeper and more nuanced understanding of micro level violence and political contestation. * Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online This is a very remarkable collection of chapters... The totality is a lively read, exhibiting an almost universal familiarity with and appreciation of the literature. * Peter Sluglett, National University of Singapore ...the book is timely, it is topical and useful for a more historically grounded understanding of the urban unrest in the Middle East during the last years up to the present. * Christoph Herzog, University of Bamberg ...the spatial approach of the studies in this volume provides a framework for understanding recent events. For students and researchers examining street politics and urban conflict, in the Middle East or beyond, Urban Violence in the Middle East shows how macro level spatial context can be used to develop deeper and more nuanced understanding of micro level violence and political contestation. Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online Author InformationUlrike Freitag is a historian of the Modern Middle East with a special interest in urban history and the Arabian Peninsula in its global context. She directs Zentrum Moderner Orient and teaches at the Freie Universitat. She is author of A History of Jeddah: The Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (CUP, 2020) and co-editor (with Andre Chappatte and Nora Lafi) of Understanding the City through its Margins (Routledge 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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