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      From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self
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      From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self

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      Palestinian Culture in the Making of Israeli National Identity

      From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self

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      From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self book

      Palestinian Culture in the Making of Israeli National Identity
      ByYonatan Mendel, Ronald Ranta
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2016
      eBook Published 30 April 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315583549
      Pages 188
      eBook ISBN 9781315583549
      Subjects Area Studies, Geography, Humanities, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      Mendel, Y., & Ranta, R. (2016). From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self: Palestinian Culture in the Making of Israeli National Identity (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315583549

      ABSTRACT

      This book examines the role played by Arab-Palestinian culture and people in the construction and reproduction of Israeli national identity and culture, showing that it is impossible to understand modern Israeli national identity and culture without taking into account its crucial encounter and dialectical relationship with the Arab-Palestinian indigenous 'Other'.

      Based on extensive and original primary sources, including archival research, memoirs, advertisements, cookbooks and a variety of cultural products – from songs to dance steps – From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self sheds light on an important cultural and ideational diffusion that has occurred between the Zionist settlers – and later the Jewish-Israeli population – and the indigenous Arab-Palestinian people in Historical Palestine. By examining Israeli food culture, national symbols, the Modern Hebrew language spoken in Israel, and culture, the authors trace the journey of Israeli national identity and culture, in which Arab-Palestinian culture has been imitated, adapted and celebrated, but strikingly also rejected, forgotten and denied. Innovative in approach and richly illustrated with empirical material, this book will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, historians and scholars of cultural and Middle Eastern studies with interests in the development and adaptation of culture, national thought and identity.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |14 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|32 pages

      How do you say Arabic in Hebrew? Hebrew’s Modern ‘Revival’ and the Place of Arabic

      chapter 2|30 pages

      What’s in a Symbol? Deconstructing Israeli National Symbols

      chapter 3|26 pages

      Digesting the Nation: Arab Ingredients in the Making of the

      chapter 4|32 pages

      The Creation of an Arab non-Arab Culture: Between the Arab Other and the Israeli Self

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