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

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2005]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012.
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 267 pages).
text file
Series SUNY Series in Israeli Studies
SUNY series in Israeli studies.
Note OldControl:muse9780791483008.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ROUTES""""Sites 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 RESEARCHERS""""REVIEW 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 ""DwellingTourism""in Japan""""INTRODUCTION""; ""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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Subject Youth -- Israel -- Social life and customs.
Youth.
Israel.
Manners and customs.
Backpacking -- Social aspects.
Backpacking.
Social aspects.
Indexed Term "Multi-User"
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Youth.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Added Author Cohen, Erik.
Noy, Chaim, 1968-
Other Form: Print version: Israeli backpackers and their society. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2004018155
ISBN 9780791483008 (electronic book)
0791483002 (electronic book)
0791464970 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780791464977