The military and militarism in Israeli society /
The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society systematically examines the cultural and social construction of 'things military' within Israel. Contributors from comparative literature, film studies, sociology, anthropology, geography, history, and cultural studies explore the arenas in wh...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Lomsky-Feder, Edna. Ben-Ari, Eyal, 1953- |
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999. |
| Series: | SUNY series in Israeli studies.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Cultural constructions of war and the military in Israel / Eyal Ben-Ari and Edna Lomsky-Feder
- Wars as catalysts of political and cultural change / Myron J. Aronoff
- The Masada mythical narrative and the Israeli army / Nachman Ben-Yehuda
- The Independence Day military parade: a political history of a patriotic ritual / Maoz Azaryahu
- War, heroism, and public representations: the case of a museum of "coexistence" in Jerusalem / Efrat Ben-Zeév and Eyal Ben-Ari
- Army and war: collective narratives of early childhood in contemporary Israel / Mirta Furman
- Masks and soldiering: the Israeli Army and the Palestinian uprising / Eyal Ben-Ari
- Militarism and the construction of the life-worlds of Israeli males: the case of the reserve system / Sara Helman
- Gender, body, and the national subject: Israeli women's poetry in the War of Independence / Hannan Hever
- Filming national identity: war and woman in Israeli cinema / Anat Zanger
- Engendering the Gulf War: Israeli nurses and the discourse of soldiering / Meira Z. Weiss
- Epilogue / Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari.