UID:
edocfu_9959173347102883
Format:
1 online resource (250 p.)
ISBN:
9781618110220
Series Statement:
Israel: Society, Culture, and History
Content:
Zionist Arabesques is an ethno-historical account of the landscape of the Jezreel Valley in Israel and explores how the modern landscape of the valley has been created, both physically and symbolically, from the perspective of both local and large-scale processes. It addresses not only the guiding principles of modern Israeli agriculture, its connection to Zionist settlement and ideology, and the evolvement of the Arab-Jewish conflict, but also examines the relevance of law, State policies and sector based politics, being a mixture of archival and ethnographic material composed with a unique textual structure. The book is useful for those interested in Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well in experimental writing styles.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Notes on transliteration, translation and archives --
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Acknowledgments --
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Table of Contents --
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Introduction: The Field, the Ethnography and the Anthropologist --
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Chapter One: Conventional and Environmental Agriculture: The Modern, Anti Modern and Non Modern Landscapes --
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Chapter Two: From Europe to the Middle East: Blossoming the Desert, Cultivating the Land of Israel --
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Chapter Three: The State as a Plot: Who Owns the Land, Who Plans the Landscape --
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Conclusions: Writing the Ethnographic Text: The Power of Words --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781618110220
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618110220
