| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 116 pages) |
| Series |
Brown Judaic studies ; number 365 |
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Brown Judaic studies ; no. 365.
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| Contents |
Introduction: A Culture in the making -- Pre-Zionist Multiculturalism : Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Other Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem -- The New Zionist Road Map : From Old Gravesites to New Settlements -- Imperial Identities : Nationalism, Politics, and Culture -- Upstairs, Downstairs : Yiddish and Ivrit in Tel Aviv -- Revolution and Nostalgia : The Changing Images of the Shtetl -- Lubavitch, Berlin, and Kinneret : From the "Science of Judaism" to the "Science of Zionism" -- From St. Petersburg to Zion : The Discovery of Jewish National Music -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 09, 2020) |
| Subject |
Jews -- Civilization.
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Civilization
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Jews -- Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068693
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Palestine -- Civilization
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| Subject |
Israel
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Middle East -- Palestine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019059354 |
| ISBN |
1951498747 |
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9781951498740 |
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