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A comparative analysis of the social and cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Middle East.
While Middle Eastern nationalism is most often examined from the political viewpoint, this book adds a fresh perspective by exploring the social and cultural dimensions. Although most scholars agree that nationalism is the most significant social and political phenomenon of the twentieth century, shaping individuals, societies, and states throughout the world, they often dispute the complex elements that form and transform it. This book provides a rare comparative analysis of the meaning systems created around nationalism in societies, groups, and the lives of individuals, and proves that these systems are, in fact, as significant in sustaining nationalism as the dominant political form of nation-states. Concentrating on three themes-narrative, gender, and cultural representation-the contributors address how nationalism transforms and is transformed by the lives of individuals and groups from the eighteenth century to the present, with examples ranging from Turkey to Egypt to Iranian immigrants in the United States.
"I know of no comparable works in which nationalistic issues and cultural issues are joined in a study of the Middle East. The volume is superb, and should attract a lot of attention." — Robert L. Canfield, Washington University
1. Introduction: Narrative, Gender and Cultural Representation in the Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East
Fatma Müge Göçek
PART I: NARRATIVE
2. Decline of the Ottoman Empire and the Emergence of Greek, Armenian, Turkish and Arab Nationalisms/ Fatma Müge Göçek
3. Turkish Nationalism and the Young Turks,1889–1908
Sükrü Haniogðlu
4. (Re)Presenting Nations: Demonstrations and Nationalism in Pre-Mandate Syria
James L. Gelvin
PART II: NARRATIVE
5. Humanist Nationalism and Lebanese Women's Texts
Miriam Cooke
6. Nationalism and Sexuality in Palestine
Julie M. Peteet
7. Civil Society, the Public/Private, and Gender in Lebanon
Suad Joseph
PART III: CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
8. The Iranian as Spectator and Spectacle: Theater and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
Shiva Balaghi
9. The Rise and Fall of Nationalism in the Egyptian Cinema
Walter Armbrust
10. Visions of Iran: Persian-Language Television in the United States
Mandana E. Limbert