Leisure and Cultural Change in Israeli Society (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Society)

Synopsis

Providing an inclusive, yet multi-layered perspective on leisure cultures in dynamic hegemonic, subcultural, and countercultural communities, this volume investigates the disciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects of leisure studies in the age of mass migration, nationalism, cultural wars, and conflicted societies in Israel. The Israeli society struggles with complicated geopolitical, intercultural, economic and security conditions since the establishment of the State of Israel. Consequently, the emergent leisure cultures in Israel are vibrant, diversified, exuberant and multifaceted, oscillating between Western and Middle Eastern tendencies.　The chapters in this edited volume reflect dramatic influences of globalization on Israeli traditions, on one hand, and emergent local practices that reflect a communal quest of originality and authenticity, on the other hand. This book opens up a critical perspective on　the tension between contested leisure cultures which are interconnected with spatial and temporal changes and interchanges.　 Examining leisure as a part of social, interethnic, physical, gendered and sexual changes, the volume is a key text for scholars and students interested in leisure culture, Israeli society, education, cultural and media studies and the Middle East.

Copyright:

2020

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000044485

Related ISBNs:

9781003010661, 9780367818937, 9780367818937

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/12/20

Copyrighted By:

Tali Hayosh, Elie Cohen-Gewerc, Gilad Padva

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Tali Hayosh

Edited by:

Elie Cohen-Gewerc

Edited by:

Gilad Padva