| Israeli Backpackers and Their Society: A View from Afar Contributor(s): Noy, Chaim (Editor), Cohen, Erik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791464989 ISBN-13: 9780791464984 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Walking - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
| Dewey: 796.510 |
| Series: Suny Series in Israeli Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (0.85 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the period after their military service, Jewish Israeli youth customarily embark on a unique touristic practice: the backpacking trip. Combining sociological, anthropological, and psychological research--based on innovative fieldwork conducted with Israeli backpackers in Israel and abroad--this book depicts the complex relationship between the traveling youth and their society of origin. Via a perspective the editors term outside-in, we learn how social and cultural tensions and tenets, identities, fantasies, and preoccupations are acted out within a symbolic, touristic space by scores of Israeli youth. |