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This study provides a useful survey of contemporary Palestinian culture through a reading of the relationship between literature and land. Drawing on the methods of both geography and literary criticism, it traces the evolution of what Raja Shehadeh has called a 'Palestinian land rhetoric ' from the late 19th century through the Intifada conflict. * Choice *

This study provides a useful survey of contemporary Palestinian culture through a reading of the relationship between literature and land. Drawing on the methods of both geography and literary criticism, it traces the evolution of what Raja Shehadeh has called a 'Palestinian land rhetoric ' from the late 19th century through the Intifada conflict. Choice

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Barbara M. Parmenter taught Geographic Information System (GIS) courses in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. She is the translator of On the Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation by Daisy al-Amir and Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence by Leila Abouzeid.

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