Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal 9798888903162, 9798888903155, 9798888903179

Table of contents :
author’s note(s)
one the sniper’s hands are clean of blood
on dehumanization
two the politics of defanging
on “humanization”
three shireen’s passport
on the invention of the civilian
four a life in cross-examination
on forbidden sentiments
five tropes and drones
on discursive land mines
six mein kampf in the playroom
on propaganda
seven miraculous epiphanies
on testimony
eight are we indeed all palestinians?
on identity
nine “do you want to throw israelis into the sea?”
on irreverence
epilogue rain is coming
acknowledgments
works cited
notes
index

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