Performing colonial sovereignty and the Israeli 'separation' wall

Social Identities

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 653-669

  Busbridge, Rachel ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'separation' wall; Israel Palestine; performance; settler colonialism; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; NATION STATE; POLITICAL THEORY; SOVEREIGNTY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84885377015     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2013.835514     Document Type: Article

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