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TRISTAN LOLOUM, SIMONE ABRAM, and NATHALIE ORTAR, eds. 2021. Ethnographies of Power: A Political Anthropology of Energy. EASA Series 42. New York, N.Y: Berghahn Books, pp. 212, ISBN 978-1-78920-979

De Cesari shows how the terrain of cultural heritage has become a key battlefield in the war of position and complex maneuvering of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Her ethnography reveals the relevance of new forms of cultural governmentality and the critical role of cultural heritage in governing where the state has not yet materialized fully. Further, she deftly illustrates how the struggle for freedom, self-determination and sovereignty in the face of continuing Israeli occupation is at the center of Palestinian heritage-making projects. In sum, her work is a vibrant contribution to the field, and is positioned to become a classic in critical heritage studies.