Tangled roots : the emergence of Israeli culture / Israel Bartal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barṭal, Yiśraʼel, author.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 365.

Brown Judaic studies ; Number 365

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel--Civilization.

Israel.

Civilization.

Palestine--Civilization.

Palestine.

Middle East--Palestine.

Jews--Civilization.

Jews.

Physical Description:

viii, 116 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : Brown University, [2020]

Summary:

"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A Culture in the making

Pre-Zionist Multiculturalism : Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Other Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem

The New Zionist Road Map : From Old Gravesites to New Settlements

Imperial Identities : Nationalism, Politics, and Culture

Upstairs, Downstairs : Yiddish and Ivrit in Tel Aviv

Revolution and Nostalgia : The Changing Images of the Shtetl

Lubavitch, Berlin, and Kinneret : From the "Science of Judaism" to the "Science of Zionism"

From St. Petersburg to Zion : The Discovery of Jewish National Music.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bartal, Yiśraʼel. Tangled roots

ISBN:

9781951498726

1951498720

9781951498733

1951498739

OCLC:

1135930926