Embodying the nation: Maha Saca's post-intifada postcards
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Vol. 23 (5), 871-887
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870050110940
Abstract
This article deals with the cultural politics of nationalism. It is argued that both the production and display of embroidered dresses and the particular ways in which these are presented on one set of picture postcards are part of the material formation of the Palestinian nation. Whereas the dresses on these postcards draw attention to a rural heritage that stands for territory and rootedness, the women-bodies presenting these dresses, both in their appearance and through the act of public presentation, express urban modernity. Such a style of representation avoids associations of the rural with “backwardness” and enables the inclusion of elements of the rural in the modern national project.Keywords
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