Umfang:
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780803274136
Serie:
Studies of Jews in Society
Inhalt:
"Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel presents twenty-two original essays offering a critical survey of the anthropology of Israel inspired by Alex Weingrod, emeritus professor and pioneering scholar of Israeli anthropology. In the late 1950s Weingrod's groundbreaking ethnographic research of Israel's underpopulated south complicated the dominant social science discourse and government policy of the day by focusing on the ironies inherent in the project of Israeli nation building and on the process of migration prompted by social change. Drawing from Weingrod's perspective, this collection considers the gaps, ruptures, and juxtapositions in Israeli society and the cultural categories undergirding and subverting these divisions. Organized into four parts, the volume examines our understanding of Israel as a place of difference, the disruptions and integrations of diaspora, the various permutations of Judaism, and the role of symbol in the national landscape and in Middle Eastern studies considered from a comparative perspective. These essays illuminate the key issues pervading, motivating, and frustrating Israel's complex ethnoscape."--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1. Coexistence and Conflict""; ""1. Living Together Separately""; ""2. Landscapes of Despair, Islands of Hope""; ""3. Performing the People�s Army""; ""4. Another Item in the News""; ""5. From the Protest to Testimony and Confession""; ""Part 2. Migration, Ethnicity, and Identities""; ""6. From Engaged Mediator to Freelance Consultant""; ""7. A Different Mizrahi Story""; ""8. Living Separately, Loving Tragically""; ""9. Universalism and Particularism Revisited""
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""10. Israelis of Ethiopian Origin""""Part 3. Religion and Rituals""; ""11. Toward an Ethnography of a Mediterranean People""; ""12. “With Us More than Ever Before�""; ""13. How Do We Know When a Society Is Changing?""; ""14. More Dry Bones""; ""15. “Where It All Began�""; ""16. Vehicles of Values""; ""Part 4. Comparative Perspectives""; ""17. Reading and Redacting National Landscapes""; ""18. “I Love a Parade�""; ""19. Middle East Studies in Israel, Europe, and the United States""; ""Afterword""; ""Contributors""; ""About Fran Markowitz""; ""About Stephen Sharot""
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""About Moshe Shokeid""""About Alex Weingrod""
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ISBN 0803271948
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ISBN 9780803274129
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ISBN 9780803271944
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ISBN 9780803274136
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Toward an anthropology of nation building and unbuilding in Israel
Sprache:
Englisch
