{"product_id":"palestine-in-the-air-chin-chin-yap-9780755651436","title":"Palestine in the Air: A Cultural History of Palestinian Aviation","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs the first cultural history of Palestinian aviation, \u003ci\u003ePalestine in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e reveals civil aviation's role in the 'question of Palestine' over the past century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How do Palestinians-as individuals, communities, and as a nascent state-engage with the air? How does their systemic exclusion from aerial agency inform dominant and counter-narratives of culture and modernity?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInternational civil aviation is a powerful tool for the disenfranchisement of Palestinian statehood, connectivity, and mobility. Yet, Palestinians have constantly sought to harness aviation as a legitimate component of modern state-building. They have also creatively appropriated aviation technologies including balloons, kites, and drones as instruments of resistance, exploiting flight's symbolic qualities of escape and liberation to highlight the injustices of occupation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUsing an interdisciplinary approach that draws on media studies, cultural studies, critical theory, diplomacy, and history, \u003ci\u003ePalestine in the A\u003c\/i\u003eir examines civil aviation's political, social, and cultural impact upon the Palestinian quest for sovereignty. The book makes use of an unprecedented range of aviation-related sources spanning unpublished memoirs, print and image archives, interviews, art, film, literature, poetry, and stand-up comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chin-Chin Yap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 075565143X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755651436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Chin-Chin Yap","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747764392191,"sku":"9780755651436","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6233f119-bd52-4f10-bc0e-24d3ebfea544.jpg?v=1743584667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/palestine-in-the-air-chin-chin-yap-9780755651436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}