Title Colonial effects : the making of national identity in Jordan / Joseph A. Massad

Published New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2001

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Description xiv, 396 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. Codifying the nation : law and the articulation of national identity in Jordan -- 2. Different spaces as different times : law and geography in Jordanian nationalism -- 3. Cultural syncretism or colonial mimic men : Jordan's Bedouins and the military basis of national identity -- 4. Nationalizing the military : colonial legacy as national heritage -- 5. The nation as an elastic entity : the expansion and contraction of Jordan Summary This text analyses how modern Jordanian identity was created and defined. The author studies two key institutions, the law and the military, and uses them to create an analysis of the making of modern Jordanian identity Notes Revision of author's thesis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-370) and index Subject Nation-state. National characteristics, Jordanian. Postcolonialism -- Jordan. Culture and law. SUBJECT Jordan -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000372 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Jordan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072819 -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646 Jordan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072819 -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002455 -- Political activity. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011434 LC no. 2001028017 ISBN 023112323X paperback alkaline paper 0231123221 cloth alkaline paper

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