E-Books →Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948

Shoshana Sitton, Yaacov Shavit, Chaya Naor, "Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0814328458 | PDF | pages: 224 | 5.5 mb
This fascinating case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities-an inseparable part of every culture. In the case of the new modern Hebrew culture of Eretz Israel (modern Jewish Palestine)-a society of immigrants that left behind most of their traditional folkways-the creation of festival lore was a conscious and organized process guided by a national ideology and aesthetic values. This creative effort in a secular national society served as an alternative to the traditional religious system, adapted the ceremonies and festivals to a new historical reality, and created a new festival cycle that would give expression and joy to the values and symbols of the new Jewish society.