Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardbound. Octavo in dust jacket, xxii, 329 pp., contributors. Very Good. Item #75544
ISBN: 9780803271944
Introduction by the editors. Articles are "Living Together Separately: Arab-Palestinian Places through Jewish-Israeli Eyes," Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, "Landscapes of Despair, Islands of Hope: Social Working in the Unrecognized Arab-Bedouin Villages in the Negev," Hagit Peres, "Performing the People's Army: The Israeli Military Manages Symbolic and Moral Boundries," Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari, "Another Item in the News: Normalcy and Distress at Sapir College," Dafna Shir-Vetesh, "From the Protest to Testimony and Confession: The Changing Politics of Peace Organizations in Israel," Sara Helman, "From Engaged Mediator to Freelance Consultant: Israeli Social Sciences in the Service of Immigrant Absorption," Moshe Shokeid, "A Different Mizrahi Story: How Iraqis Became Israelis," Eshter Meir-Glitzenstein, "Living-Separately, Loving Tragically: Cross-Ethnic Romance in Israeli Films," Stephen Sharot, "Universalism and Particularism Revisited: Immigrant Physicians from the Former Soviet Union in Israel," Judith T. Shuval, "Israelis of Ethiopian Origin: New Identity Constructs and Research Models," Lisa Anteby-Yemini, "Toward an Ethnology of a Mediterranean People: The Complex Culture of Southern Tunisian Jewry in the Early Twentieth Century," Shlomo Deshen, "'With Us More than Ever Before': Making the Absent Rebbe Present in Messianic Habad," Yoram Bilu, "How Do We Know When a Society is Changing? Reflections on Liberal Judaism in Israel," Harvey E. Goldberg, "More Dry Bones: The Significance of Changes in Mortuary Ritual in Contemporary Israel," Henry Abramovitch, "'Where It All Began': Archaeology, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism in Silwan," Michael Feige, "Vehicles of Values: Souvenirs and the Moralities of Exchange in Christian Holy Land Pilgrimage," Jackie Feldman, "Reading and Redacting National Landscapes: Tales of Two Buildings from Israel and Bosnia," Fran Markowitz, "'I Love a Parade: Ethnic Identity in the United States and Israel," Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel, "Middle East Studies in Israel, Europe, and the United States: Trends and Prospects," Dale E. Eickelman. Afterword by Alex Weingrod.
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