ISBN:
0313320918
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 188 p)
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ill., map
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Culture and customs of the Middle East
Series Statement:
Cultures and Customs of the World
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture and Customs of Israel
DDC:
306/.095694
Keywords:
Ethnology
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Ethnology ; Israel
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Israel ; Social life and customs
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Electronic books
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Israel Social life and customs
Abstract:
Students and other readers looking to more fully understand and appreciate Israelis of all backgrounds and their ways of life and culture now have a solid source of engaging, balanced, and accurate information. Israel's brief, turbulent history and the Arab-Israeli conflict are always taken into account in the narrative; however, the emphasis here is nonpolitical and encompassing of the heterogenous culture of its citizens, including Jews, Arabs, Druze, and others. The predominant Jewish culture itself is multicultural, with immigrants from all over the world.||Israel, a tiny state about the s
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Chronology; 1. Introduction: Land, People, Education, Economy, and History; 2. Religion and World View; 3. Literature, Media, and Cinema; 4. Art and Architecture/Housing; 5. Cuisine and Traditional Dress; 6. Gender, Marriage, and Family; 7. Social Customs and Lifestyles; 8. Music and Dance; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and (p. [179]-182) index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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