The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society

Edna Lomsky-Feder And Eyal Ben-Ari

Description

The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society systematically examines the cultural and social construction of 'things military' within Israel. Contributors from comparative literature, film studies, sociology, anthropology, geography, history, and cultural studies explore the arenas in which the centrality of military matters are produced and reproduced by the state and by other public bodies. Analysis is presented using three perspectives: the production and reproduction of collective representations; the dynamics of gender, voice, and resistance; and the construction of individual life-worlds.

1. Introduction: Cultural Constructions of War and the Military in Israel
Eyal Ben-Ari and Edna Lomsky-Feder

Part I. Setting the Context

2. Wars as Catalysts of Political and Cultural Change
Myron J. Aronoff

Part II. Cultural Sites

3. The Masada Mythical Narrative and the Israeli Army
Nachman Ben-Yehuda

4. The Independence Day Military Parade: A Political History of a Patriotic Ritual
Maoz Azaryahu

5. War, Heroism, and Public Representations: The Case of a Museum of "Coexistence" in Jerusalem
Efrat Ben Ze'ev and Eyal Ben-Ari

Part III. The Constructions of Life-Worlds

6. Army and War: Collective Narratives of Early Childhood in Contemporary Israel
Mirta Furman

7. Masks and Soldiering: The Israeli Army and the Palestinian Uprising
Eyal Ben-Ari

8. Militarism and the Construction of the Life-World of Israeli Males: The Case of the Reserves System
Sara Helman

Part IV. Gender, Hegemony, and Resistance

9. Gender, Body, and the National Subject: Israeli Women's Poetry in the War if Independence
Hannan Hever

10. Filming National Identity: War and Woman in Israeli Cinema
Anat Zanger

11. Engendering the Gulf War: Israeli Nurses and the Discourse of Soldiering
Meira Z. Weiss

12. Epilogue
Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari

About the Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Israel
• History of the Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791493410
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 23 Mo

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