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Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948 (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
Sitton, Shoshana, Shavit, Yaacov
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Description for Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948 (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
Hardcover. This case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. Translator(s): Naor, Chaya. Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
This case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. In the case of the new modern Hebrew culture of Eretz Israel (modern Jewish Palestine) - a society of immigrants that left behind most of their traditional folkways - the creation of festival lore was an organized process guided by a national ideology and aesthetic values. This effort in a secular national society served as an alternative to the traditional religious system, adapted the ceremonies and festivals to a new historical reality, ... Read more
This case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. In the case of the new modern Hebrew culture of Eretz Israel (modern Jewish Palestine) - a society of immigrants that left behind most of their traditional folkways - the creation of festival lore was an organized process guided by a national ideology and aesthetic values. This effort in a secular national society served as an alternative to the traditional religious system, adapted the ceremonies and festivals to a new historical reality, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814328453
SKU
V9780814328453
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About Sitton, Shoshana, Shavit, Yaacov
Yaacov Shavit is professor for the Department of the History of the Jewish People at Tel-Aviv University. Among his recent publications are History in Black: African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past (Frank Cass, 2001) and The War of the Tablets: The Defense of the Bible in the 19th Century and the Babel-Bible Controversy (Am Oved, 2003 [In Hebrew]). Shoshana ... Read more
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