The Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan

by Steven Salaita

Book Overview

Steven Salaita's ambitious and thought-provoking work compares the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States related to Native Americans with the circumstances in Israel related to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production.

The author's original approach is based not on similarities between the two disparate settler regions but rather on similarities between the rhetoric employed by early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081563109X
• ISBN13: 9780815631095
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"