Birthright?
Travelogue of an American Radical in Israel/Palestine
Subjects
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
- TRAVEL / Middle East / Israel
Tags
israel, jewish, middle east, palestineIn 2013, author-activist Nani Ferreira-Mathews participated in a popular free ten-day "birthright" tour of Israel offered by the Taglit-Birthright organization in an effort to explore and reconnect with her Jewish heritage. This day-to-day account of the daily programs, activities, and dating games--as well as the tour guides' stubborn refusal to discuss or even acknowledge Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories--reveals an agenda animated by racism, heterosexism, colonialism, and militaristic nationalism.
Drawing upon her experience as a person of both indigenous Hawaiian and Jewish heritage, Ferreira-Mathews interrogates the meaning of "birthright" within a settler-colonialist nation, where national identity is so fundamentally entangled with the systematic displacement of native peoples.
Product Details
- Paperback
- 144 pages
- ISBN
- 9780990641872
- Publisher
- On Our Own Authority! (5/1/18)
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.7 inches
- Subjects
Subjects
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
- TRAVEL / Middle East / Israel
- Tags
Tags
israel, jewish, middle east, palestine