From ultrasound to army : the unconscious trajectories of masculinity in Israel / Hanni Mann-Shalvi ; primary translator, Seree Zohar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann-Shalvi, Hanni, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Zohar, Seree, translator.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Parenting--Israel.

Parenting.

Masculinity--Israel.

Masculinity.

Israel.

Physical Description:

xi, 290 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2016.

Summary:

Daring to gaze directly into the core of parenting in Israel, this book presents, for the first time, a study that focuses on the conscious and unconscious aspects of the Israeli parenting experience, when raising sons is overshadowed by the knowledge that at 18 years old, these sons will be drafted into inherently life-endangering compulsory military service. Exposing the emotional drama, hidden from open view until now, and against a background of a uniquely intertwined Jewish and Israeli history, Hanni Mann-Shalvi explores the dynamics that shape Israeli parenting norms and simultaneously impact the couple relationship, as sons grow up and develop their masculine Israeli identity. From Ultrasound to Army delves into the developmental processes experienced by the young Israeli male up until military recruitment, his image as a cadet and later as a commando, his changing relationship with his parents, and his experiences on being discharged, all of which affect his development from boy to man. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Developmental backdrops

1 On learning the gender of the fetus 9

2 The mother's conflict 21

3 The father's conflict 79

4 Unconscious solution in the couple relationship 110

5 Parenting from Holocaust to heroism 132

II Vicissitudes of a man's life

6 Lack of maturity versus hunger for maturity 151

7 The warrior hero 163

8 After discharge: withdrawal into travel, mysticism, and blunting of the senses 213

9 The "peacetime self" and the "wartime self" 233

III Steps towards amelioration

10 Psychoanalytic interventions 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.

"Published simultaneously in Hebrew and English"--Page 5.

ISBN:

9781782200819

1782200819

OCLC:

955204209

Publisher Number:

99968410180