Overview

The brilliant kaleidoscope of everyday creativity in Israel is thrown into relief in this study, which teases out the abiding national tensions and contradictions at work in the expressive acts of ordinary people. Hagar Salamon examines creativity in Israel's public sphere through the lively discourse of bumper stickers, which have become a potent medium for identity and commentary on national and religious issues. Exploring the more private expressive sphere of women's embroidery, she profiles a group of Jerusalem women who meet regularly and create ""folk embroidery."" Salamon also considers the significance of folk expressions at the intersections of the public and private that rework change and embrace transformation. Far ranging and insightful, Israel in the Making captures the complex creative essence of a nation state and vividly demonstrates how its citizens go about defining themselves, others, and their country every day.

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Author:   Hagar Salamon
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780253023087

ISBN 10:   0253023084
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   27 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction: Studying Israeli Folklore Part One: Folklore in the Israeli Public Arena Part One Invitation: Bumper Stickers as a Podium in Motion 1. Folklore as an Emotional Battleground: Political Bumper Stickers 2. ""We the people"": ""Ha'Am"" in the Turbulent Sphere of Israeli Roads 3. Kinetic Cosmologies: Sovereign and Sovereignty Part One Recapitulation: Public Interaction on the Move Part Two: Expressions in the Intimate Arena of Embroidery Part Two Invitation: Embroidering Identity—Needlework and Needle-Talk 4. Embroidering Their Selves: Femininity and Embroidery in a Jerusalem Women's Group 5. Life Story as a Foundation Legend of Local Identity 6. The Intimate Career of a Transitional Object: Needlepoint Embroideries Part Two Recapitulation: Needle Texts—Knowledge, Passion, and Empowerment Part Three: Between the Public and the Private—The Mirrors of Ambivalence Part Three Invitation: Emplacing Israeliness—Shifting Performances of Belonging and Otherness 7. The Floor Falling Away: Dislocated Space and Body in the Humor of Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel 8. What Goes Around, Comes Around: Rotating Credit Associations among Ethiopian Women in Israel 9. ""David Levi"" Jokes: The Ambivalence over the Levantinization of Israel Part Three Recapitulation: Between Longing and Belonging—The Folkloric Expressions of Ambivalence Closing Words: The Birth of Public Enunciation from the Spirit of Everyday Life Bibliography Index"

Reviews

Written with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice * Written with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice *

Written with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice * A richly researched book that meaningfully weaves together material culture study and narrative discourse, traditional and popular cultures, and politics and play, Israel in the Making is a multi-layered contribution to many adjacent fields. * Journal of American Folklore * Written with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice *

Author Information

Hagar Salamon is Max and Margarethe Grunwald Chair in Folklore at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is author of The Hyena People: Ethiopian Jews in Christian Ethiopia.

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