In this Book
- Israeli Backpackers: From Tourism to Rite of Passage
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Israeli Studies
summary
Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service. In the period after their military service, Jewish Israeli youth customarily embark on a unique touristic practice: the backpacking trip. Combining sociological, anthropological, and psychological research—based on innovative fieldwork conducted with Israeli backpackers in Israel and abroad—this book depicts the complex relationship between the traveling youth and their society of origin. Via a perspective the editors term “outside-in,” we learn how social and cultural tensions and tenets, identities, fantasies, and preoccupations are acted out within a symbolic, touristic space by scores of Israeli youth.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780791483008
MARC Record
OCLC
794701310
Pages
268
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No