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001 2015021563
003 DLC
005 20151218083156.0
008 150601t20152015nbu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2015021563
020 $a9780803290174 (hardback)
020 $a9780803290211 (epub)
020 $a9780803290228 (mobi)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aTX724$b.R385 2015
082 00 $a641.595694$223
084 $aSOC049000$aCKB049000$aHIS019000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRaviv, Yael,$eauthor.
245 10 $aFalafel nation :$bcuisine and the making of national identity in Israel /$cYael Raviv.
264 1 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axiii, 281 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aStudies of Jews in society
500 $aRevised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University, 2002.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
520 $a"When people discuss food in Israel, their debates ask politically charged questions: Who has the right to falafel? Whose hummus is better? But Yael Raviv's Falafel Nation moves beyond the simply territorial to divulge the role food plays in the Jewish nation. She ponders the power struggles, moral dilemmas, and religious and ideological affiliations of the different ethnic groups that make up the "Jewish State" and how they relate to the gastronomy of the region. How do we interpret the recent upsurge in the Israeli culinary scene--the transition from ideological asceticism to the current deluge of fine restaurants, gourmet stores, and related publications and media?Focusing on the period between the 1905 immigration wave and the Six-Day War in 1967, Raviv explores foodways from the field, factory, market, and kitchen to the table. She incorporates the role of women, ethnic groups, and different generations into the story of Zionism and offers new assertions from a secular-foodie perspective on the relationship between Jewish religion and Jewish nationalism. A study of the changes in food practices and in attitudes toward food and cooking, Falafel Nation explains how the change in the relationship between Israelis and their food mirrors the search for a definition of modern Jewish nationalism. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Examines the role of food in the construction of the Jewish nation, using food from field to table as a lens through which to understand Israeli history, society, and politics"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCooking, Israeli$xHistory.
650 0 $aCooking$xSocial aspects$zIsrael.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, Israeli.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aCOOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Jewish & Kosher.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / Israel.$2bisacsh