Summary
The author of Chapter 6 of Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement, “Recognizing and Saving Black Lives, Recognizing and Saving Palestinian Lives”, which argues for the convergence of the Black Lives Matter and Palestinian liberation movements through Transnational rhetorics (Recognizing and Saving Black Lives, Recognizing and Saving Palestinian Lives: The Power of Transnational Rhetorics in Locating the Commonality of Liberation Struggles, PDF p.1-2).
Details
- In his previous contribution to Activism and Rhetoric, Abraham looked at how the charge of anti-Semitism has often been used against critics of Israel to shift attention away from the United States’ and Israel’s rejection of a comprehensive diplomatic settlement of the Israel–Palestine conflict to a focus on the critics’ character attributes (PDF p.2 / printed p.78).
- In this chapter he broadens that investigation to the intersections between the African American subject position and the Palestinian subject position, which meet in precariousness, premature death and the constant surveillance of targeted bodies (PDF p.2 / printed p.78).
Related pages
Recognizing and Saving Black Lives, Recognizing and Saving Palestinian Lives: The Power of Transnational Rhetorics in Locating the Commonality of Liberation Struggles, Black–Palestinian solidarity, Transnational rhetorics