Middle Eastern belongings / edited by Diane E. King.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book features chapters that examine the various ways of belonging in the Middle East. Belonging can mean fitting in, feeling at home, feeling a part; this kind of belonging is profoundly social. Belongings can be possessions, objects closely associated with one's deepest notions of identity. Both kinds of belongings pertain to people and the kindreds, ethnic groups, and nations (and/or states) they call their own. Belongings of both kinds are, more often than not, emplaced and territorialized --- Product Description.

1. Introduction: Impositions, ironies, bodies, lands Diane E. King -- 2. On the Margins: Women, national boundaries, and conflict in Saddam's Iraq Sarah Smiles Persinger -- 3. Leaving Mother-Land: The anti-feminine in Fida{u2019}i narratives Samar Kanafani -- 4. The Personal is Patrilineal: Namus as sovereignty Diane E. King -- 5. Land of Symbols: Cactus, poppies, orange and olive trees in Palestine Nasser Abufarha -- 6. Naturalising, Neutralising Women{u2019}s Bodies: The "Headscarf Affair" and the Politics of Representation Gabriele vom Bruck -- 7. When Belonging Inspires{u2014}Death, hope, distance Virginia R. Dominguez