Berkowitz, M;
(2018)
Anat Helman, Israeli National Ideals and Everyday Life in the 1950s. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2014. 312 pp.
[Review].
Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Place in Modern Jewish Culture and Society
, 30
pp. 327-329.
10.1093/oso/9780190912628.003.0058.
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This chapter reviews the book Becoming Israeli: National Ideals and Everyday Life in the 1950s (2014), by Anat Helman. Becoming Israeli deals with those aspects of Israeli society and culture that make Israel distinct from other countries. The book explores how the Israeli society emerged, mainly on its own terms, and tackles the fundamental question of “what it means to be Israeli,” along with the extent to which the characteristics comprising Israeliness emerged in the early years of statehood. Among the book’s strengths is Helman’s choice of foci: the power of her study derives from its locating spheres and behavioral acts that are extremely important but frequently overlooked (kibbutz dining halls, for example). A weak component of the book is its discussion of the subject of humor.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Anat Helman, Israeli National Ideals and Everyday Life in the 1950s. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2014. 312 pp. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780190912628.003.0058 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190912628.003.0058 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Humor, Becoming Israeli, Anat Helman, Israeli society, Israeli culture, Israel |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10056020 |
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