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Contemporary Israel : new insights and scholarship /

"For a country smaller than Vermont, with roughly the same population as Honduras, modern Israel receives a remarkable amount of attention. For supporters, it is a unique bastion of democracy in the Middle East, while detractors view it as a racist outpost of Western colonialism. The romanticiz...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946- (Editor), Saposnik, Arieh Bruce, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Series:Jewish studies in the 21st century.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contesting Israel: Narratives in Scholarship and Beyond / Arieh Saposnik
  • Palestinian Citizenship in Israel: A Settler Colonial Perspective / Nadim N. Rouhana and Areej Sabbagh-Khoury
  • Immigration: Social Strains and the Challenge of Diversity / Calvin Goldscheider
  • Kibbutzim: The Challenge of Transformation / Raymond Russell
  • The Women's Movement: Mobilization and the State / Patricia J. Woods
  • Modern Orthodox Feminism: Art, Jewish Law, and the Quest for Equality / Paula J. Birnbaum
  • Jewish Ideological Killers: Religious Fundamentalism or Ethnic Marginality? / Michael Feige
  • Israeli Fiction: National Identity and Private Lives / Nehama Aschkenasy
  • Israeli Hebrew: National Identity and Language / Shmuel Bolozky
  • The Politics of Israel: Relations with the American Jewish Community / Theodore Sasson
  • Conclusion: Imagination and Reality in Scenarios of Israel's Future / Ilan Troen.