TY - BOOK
T1 - Young Tel Aviv
T2 - A tale of two cities
AU - Helman, Anat
AU - הלמן, ענת
AU - Watzman, Haim
N1 - Translation of: Or veyam hikifuha : tarbut tel avivit bitkufat hamandat / Anat Helman
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Practical Zionism in the Mandate era (1920-1948) is usually associated with agricultural settlements (kibbutzim), organized socialist workers, and the creation of a formal high culture. This book fills a gap in historical research by presenting a different type of practical Zionism in Jewish Palestine—urban, middle-class, and created by popular and informal daily practices. While research on Tel Aviv has so far been confined to “positivist” historical description or focused nostalgically on local myths, Helman’s book reconstructs and analyzes the city’s formative decades on various levels, juxtaposing historical reality with cultural images and ideological doctrines. Topics include the city’s physical portrait, major public events, consumer culture, patterns of leisure and entertainment, and urban subcultures.
AB - Practical Zionism in the Mandate era (1920-1948) is usually associated with agricultural settlements (kibbutzim), organized socialist workers, and the creation of a formal high culture. This book fills a gap in historical research by presenting a different type of practical Zionism in Jewish Palestine—urban, middle-class, and created by popular and informal daily practices. While research on Tel Aviv has so far been confined to “positivist” historical description or focused nostalgically on local myths, Helman’s book reconstructs and analyzes the city’s formative decades on various levels, juxtaposing historical reality with cultural images and ideological doctrines. Topics include the city’s physical portrait, major public events, consumer culture, patterns of leisure and entertainment, and urban subcultures.
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AN - SCOPUS:84894862951
SN - 9781611683370
T3 - The Schusterman series in Israel studies
BT - Young Tel Aviv
PB - Brandeis University Press; University Press of New England
CY - Waltham, Mass; Hanover N.H
ER -