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Israeli backpackers and their society : a view from afar / edited by Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Israeli studies.
- SUNY series in Israeli studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Backpacking--Social aspects.
- Backpacking.
- Youth--Israel--Social life and customs.
- Youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the period after their military service, Jewish Israeli youth customarily embark on a unique touristic practice: the backpacking trip. Combining sociological, anthropological, and psychological research—based on innovative fieldwork conducted with Israeli backpackers in Israel and abroad—this book depicts the complex relationship between the traveling youth and their society of origin. Via a perspective the editors term "outside-in," we learn how social and cultural tensions and tenets, identities, fantasies, and preoccupations are acted out within a symbolic, touristic space by scores of Israeli youth.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction: Backpacking as a Rite of Passage in Israel: Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen""; ""PREAMBLE""; ""BACKGROUND: BACKPACKING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY""; ""The Israeli Context: Tarmila'ut""; ""A CULTURAL RITE OF PASSAGE""; ""THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAELI BACKPACKING""; ""The Drifters of the Seventies""; ""Backpacking and Military Service""; ""FROM SITES TO ENCLAVES""; ""The Enclave Out There""; ""Ambivalence toward the Enclave""; ""The enclave as frontier""
- ""CONTEMPORARY BACKPACKING SITES AND ROUTES""""Sites in the Homeland""; ""Routes and Sites Abroad""; ""Sites in Asia and the Pacific""; ""Sites in South and Central America""; ""CATEGORIES AND SUBCULTURES OF ISRAELI BACKPACKERS""; ""Categories""; ""Ethnic and socioeconomic background""; ""Variations of military service prior to the trip""; ""Religious background""; ""Age cohorts""; ""Gender""; ""Backpacking in Asia i'Jersus South and CentraL America""; ""Subcultures""; ""Kovshim""; """"The Wave""""; ""CONTRASTING MODES OF THE QUEST FOR IDENTITYAMONG ISRAELI YOUTH TOURISTS""
- ""THE BACKPACKERS AND THEIR RESEARCHERS""""REVIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUME""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Next Year in Kathmandu: Israeli Backpackers and the Formation of a New Israeli Identity ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; """"Traveling Cultures"": Israeli Backpackers, Deterritorialization,and Reconstruction of Home""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Israeli Backpackers: Narrative, Interpersonal Communication,and Social Construction""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Young Adult Israeli Backpackers in India""; ""INTRODUCTION""
- ""Young Israelis' Long Trip Abroad,Backpacking in Asia and ""DwellingTourism""in Japan""""INTRODUCTION""; ""In Search of the Beautiful Land of Israel: Israeli Youth Voyages to Poland""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Backpackers and Israeli Society""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791483008
- 0791483002
- OCLC:
- 794701310
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