Between Imaginary Lines: Violence and its Justifications at the Military Checkpoints in Occupied Palestine

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-80

  Kotef, Hagar ^a   Amir, Merav ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

disciplinary power; Foucault; Israel; liberalism; Palestine; subjectivization; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551716565     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276410380940     Document Type: Article

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