Israeli backpackers and their society : a view from afar / edited by Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen.

Israeli backpackers and their society : a view from afar / edited by Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen.

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Cohen, Erik, Noy, Chaim, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Series:SUNY series in Israeli studies.
Subjects:
Youth > Israel > Social life and customs.
Backpacking > Social aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Backpacking as a Rite of Passage in Israel: Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen
  • PREAMBLE
  • BACKGROUND: BACKPACKING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
  • The Israeli Context: Tarmila'ut
  • A CULTURAL RITE OF PASSAGE
  • THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAELI BACKPACKING
  • The Drifters of the Seventies
  • Backpacking and Military Service
  • FROM SITES TO ENCLAVES
  • The Enclave Out There
  • Ambivalence toward the Enclave
  • The enclave as frontier
  • CONTEMPORARY BACKPACKING SITES AND ROUTESSites in the Homeland
  • Routes and Sites Abroad
  • Sites in Asia and the Pacific
  • Sites in South and Central America
  • CATEGORIES AND SUBCULTURES OF ISRAELI BACKPACKERS
  • Categories
  • Ethnic and socioeconomic background
  • Variations of military service prior to the trip
  • Religious background
  • Age cohorts
  • Gender
  • Backpacking in Asia i'Jersus South and CentraL America
  • Subcultures
  • Kovshim
  • The Wave
  • CONTRASTING MODES OF THE QUEST FOR IDENTITYAMONG ISRAELI YOUTH TOURISTS
  • THE BACKPACKERS AND THEIR RESEARCHERSREVIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUME
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • Next Year in Kathmandu: Israeli Backpackers and the Formation of a New Israeli Identity
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Traveling Cultures: Israeli Backpackers, Deterritorialization, and Reconstruction of Home
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Israeli Backpackers: Narrative, Interpersonal Communication, and Social Construction
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Young Adult Israeli Backpackers in India
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Young Israelis' Long Trip Abroad, Backpacking in Asia and DwellingTourismin JapanINTRODUCTION
  • In Search of the Beautiful Land of Israel: Israeli Youth Voyages to Poland
  • Back Matter
  • Conclusion
  • The Backpackers and Israeli Society
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • Contributors
  • Index

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