White City, Black City: Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa PDF
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WHITE CITY BLACK CITY Sharon Rotbard WHITE CITY BLACK CITY Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa Translated from Hebrew: Orit Gat First published in Hebrew by Babel, Tel Aviv © 2005 First English-language edition published 2015 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA www.plutobooks.com Publication of this book has been supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts GRAHAM FOUNDATION Copyright © Sharon Rotbard 2015 The right of Sharon Rotbard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Translation edited by Ben Du Preez Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The publisher apologizes for any errors or omissions in the above list and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 3511 7 Paperback ISBN 978 1 7837 1193 2 PDF eBook ISBN 978 1 7837 1314 1 ePub ISBN 978 1 7837 1315 8 Mobi This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Typeset and designed by Melanie Patrick Printed digitally by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, UK To Mor and Adam The book will kill the edifice Victor Hugo Contents PART I: WHITE CITY Book of Paper, Book of Stone Writers and Builders The White City exhibition The Invention of Normality Conservation Whitened City White Lies Round Corners Good Old Eretz Israel Whiter than White City Built on Dunes PART II: BLACK CITY The Black Patch War Fleeing Jaffa Bypassing Manshieh Spatial Contradiction ‘Those Polish of the Orient’ Separation British 1930s Urbicide Cleansing Jaffa – Tel Aviv An Occupied City Hebraized City The Big Zone Antique Jaffa Green Dunes Raping the Bride of the Sea The Orange Route The Children of Jaffa The Menorah PART III: WHITE CITY, BLACK CITY AND A RAINBOW Uncritical Modernists Blue and White Multicultural City AFTERWORD Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index Cover of the exhibition catalogue, Dwelling on the Dunes, curated by Nitza Szmuk. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, 2004. Source: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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