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Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel
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IntroductionFran Markowitz, Stephen Sharot, and Moshe ShokeidPart 1. Coexistence and Conflict1. Living Together Separately: Arab-Palestinian Places through Jewish-Israeli EyesEfrat Ben-Ze’ev2. Landscapes of Despair, Islands of Hope: Social Working in the Unrecognized Arab-Bedouin Villages in the NegevHagit Peres3. Performing the People’s Army: The Israeli Military Manages Symbolic and Moral BoundariesEdna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari4. Another Item in the News: Normalcy and Distress at Sapir CollegeDafna Shir-Vertesh5. From the Protest to Testimony and Confession: The Changing Politics of Peace Organizations in IsraelSara HelmanPart 2. Migration, Ethnicity, and Identities6. From Engaged Mediator to Freelance Consultant: Israeli Social Scientists in the Service of Immigrant AbsorptionMoshe Shokeid7. A Different Mizrahi Story: How the Iraqis Became IsraelisEsther Meir-Glitzenstein8. Living Separately, Loving Tragically: Cross-Ethnic Romance in Israeli FilmsStephen Sharot9. Universalism and Particularism Revisited: Immigrant Physicians from the Former Soviet Union in IsraelJudith T. Shuval10. Israelis of Ethiopian Origin: New Identity Constructs and Research ModelsLisa Anteby-YeminiPart 3. Religion and Rituals11. Toward an Ethnography of a Mediterranean People: The Complex Culture of Southern Tunisian Jewry in the Early Twentieth CenturyShlomo Deshen12. “With Us More Than Ever Before”: Making the Absent Rebbe Present in Messianic HabadYoram Bilu13. How Do We Know When a Society Is Changing? Reflections on Liberal Judaism in IsraelHarvey E. Goldberg14. More Dry Bones: The Significance of Changes in Mortuary Ritual in Contemporary IsraelHenry Abramovitch15. “Where It All Began”: Archaeology, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism in SilwanMichael Feige16. Vehicles of Values: Souvenirs and the Moralities of Exchange in Christian Holy Land PilgrimageJackie FeldmanPart 4. Comparative Perspectives17. Reading and Redacting National Landscapes: Tales of Two Buildings from Israel and BosniaFran Markowitz18. “I Love a Parade”: Ethnic Identity in the United States and IsraelAbraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel19. Middle East Studies in Israel, Europe, and the United States: Trends and ProspectsDale F. EickelmanAfterwordAlex WeingrodContributors

About the Author

Fran Markowitz is a professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

Stephen Sharot is a professor emeritus of sociology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Moshe Shokeid is a professor emeritus of anthropology at Tel Aviv University.

Alex Weingrod is a professor emeritus of anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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"This volume covers a wide variety of topics with considerable relevance for society in Israel today, written by well-trained and serious students of Israeli society and culture." - Herbert S. Lewis, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of In Defense of Anthropology: An Investigation of the Critique of Anthropology

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