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""This is a subtle take on an explosive issue. Is it adequate to say that Israelis stole hummus as they stole Palestinian land, labor and lives? Or do we need to say more? Hirsch connects a quotidian thing to questions of settler colonialism and Israeli capitalism, as refracted through the prism of ethnicity, class, and indigeneity, in unexpectedly illuminating ways. It is a thoughtful intervention on the relationship between power and culinary culture.""—Krishnendu Ray, author of The Ethnic Restaurateur and The Migrant's Table: Meal sand Memories in Bengali-American Households ""The Israeli Career of Hummus convinces that everything has a history and that nothing exists outside of the political realm. The beloved dip, now so ubiquitous, cannot be disassociated from such issues as settler colonialism and cultural expropriation. Deeply informed by research, this book on the lowly spread, perfect on pita, chips or raw vegetables, makes a cogent argument.""—Hasia Diner, author of Hungering for America: Italian, Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration ""A smart, engaging, and appetizing look at the political life of hummus in Palestine/Israel. A must-read for anyone curious about how a beloved dish can reveal the deeper stories of culture, identity, and power in a settler-colonial setting.""—Tamir Sork, author of Palestinian Commemoration in Israel: Calendars, Monuments, and Martyrs

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Dafna Hirsch is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, the Open University of Israel. She is author of ""We Are Here to Bring the West"": Hygiene Education and Nation Building in the Jewish Society of Mandate Palestine and editor of Entangled Histories in Palestine/Israel: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives. She lives in Tel Aviv.

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