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Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) by Haya Bar-Itzhak, Hayah Bar-Yitshak is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) about?
The goals and challenges that face the people of Israel are vividly illustrated by the country's many folk stories. Here Haya Bar-Itzhak presents these tales―gathered from the early settlers of the kibbutz, from immigrants who arrived in Israel after independence, and from ethnic groups―to create a panoramic view of a fascinatingly complex society. Creating stories set in the past, even the recent past, is a way for societies to express their problems, adversities, yearnings, and hopes. Bar-Itzhak finds this true among inhabitants of the kibbutz, who find their society at a crossroads as a result of changes in Israeli society at large. She reveals the symbolic dimensions of their stories―some dealing with the death of young soldiers (sacrificed sons) in battle―as pointing to the complexity of a local culture that expresses the ethos of Labor Zionism. In a section dealing with the folklore of immigrants, Bar-Itzhak focuses on the narratives of Yemenite Jews and Polish Jews. Their stories express their traumatic meeting with Israeli society while providing a means for coming to grips with it. The final section, dealing with ethnic folklore of Moroccan Jews, explores the wonder tale t
Who reads Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Haya Bar-Itzhak, Hayah Bar-Yitshak
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814339916
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Sociology
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