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Carnival in Tel Aviv : Purim and the Celebration of Urban Zionism /

The Tel Aviv annual Purim celebrations were the largest public events in British Palestine, and they played a key role in the development of the urban Jewish experience in the Promised Land. Carnival in Tel-Aviv presents a historical-anthropological analysis of this mass public event and explores th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shoham, Hizky (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2020]
Colección:Israel: Society, Culture, and History
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "All of you to Tel Aviv on Purim": A Local-National Festival
  • Chapter 2. "Travelling to Esther": A Civil-Religious and Pilgrimage Event
  • Chapter 3. "A Little Bit of Tradition"
  • Chapter 4. The Civilized-Carnivalesque Body
  • Chapter 5. "Mordechai is Riding a Horse": Political Performance
  • Chapter 6. "Our Only Romantic Festival": Hebrew Queen Esther
  • Chapter 7. Another New Jew: Urban Zionist Ideology
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Index