
Israeli Culture Between the Two Intifadas
A Brief Romance
Yaron Peleg(Author)
University of Texas Press
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
170 pages
978-0-292-72158-6 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past two decades, profound changes in Israel opened its society to powerful outside forces and the dominance of global capitalism. As a result, the centrality of Zionism as an organizing ideology waned, prompting expressions of anxiety in Israel about the coming of a post-Zionist age. The fears about the end of Zionism were quelled, however, by the Palestinian uprising in 2000, which spurred at least a partial return to more traditional perceptions of homeland. Looking at Israeli literature of the late twentieth century, Yaron Peleg shows how a young, urban class of Israelis felt alienated from the Zionist values of their forebears, and how they adopted a form of escapist romanticism as a defiant response that replaced traditional nationalism.
One of the first books in English to identify the end of the post-Zionist era through inspired readings of Hebrew literature and popular media, Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas examines Israel's ambivalent relationship with Jewish nationalism at the end of the twentieth century.
One of the first books in English to identify the end of the post-Zionist era through inspired readings of Hebrew literature and popular media, Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas examines Israel's ambivalent relationship with Jewish nationalism at the end of the twentieth century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-72158-6 (9780292721586)
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Person
A native of Israel, Yaron Peleg is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Director of the Hebrew Program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is also the author of Derech Gever and Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bourgeoisification and Its Discontent
Chapter 2: Popular Media in a Post-National Age
Chapter 3: Etgar Keret: A Dispirited Rebel with a Cause
Chapter 4: Romance as a Defiant Escape
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bourgeoisification and Its Discontent
Chapter 2: Popular Media in a Post-National Age
Chapter 3: Etgar Keret: A Dispirited Rebel with a Cause
Chapter 4: Romance as a Defiant Escape
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index