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White But Not Quite: Normalizing Colonial Conquests Through Spatial Mimicry

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mori Ram

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Abstract

The role of mimicry in the construction and deconstruction of social identities has enriched our understanding of power relations considerably. However, as a spatial practice, mimicry has received scant consideration. In what ways can space itself become an object of mimicry? What strategies and practices are involved in this process and with what political objectives? The current paper treats these questions by analyzing processes of mimetic spatial production aiming to transform the Israeli‐occupied territory of Mount Hermon into an “ordinary” western ski resort. Yet this concerted effort produces a variety of tensions and contradictions that ultimately undo the normalization of the colonial space, comprising a test case of the convoluted ways in which mimicry of space, not merely in space, generates various forms of slippage, excess and ambivalence.

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Author(s): Ram M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Antipode

Year: 2014

Volume: 46

Issue: 3

Pages: 736-753

Print publication date: 20/06/2014

Online publication date: 20/06/2014

Acceptance date: 02/11/2013

Date deposited: 28/08/2020

ISSN (print): 0066-4812

ISSN (electronic): 1467-8330

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12071

DOI: 10.1111/anti.12071

Notes: epub:20/12/2013

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