Desert in the promised land /
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| Author / Creator: | Zerubavel, Yael, author. |
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| Imprint: | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019] |
| Description: | xii, 346 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11741517 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Symbolic Landscapes
- 1. Desert as Historical Metaphor
- Desert and Exodus
- Desert and Exile
- Settlement and Redemption
- 2. The Desert Mystique
- "My Heart Is in the East"
- In Search of the Native
- The "Hebrew-Bedouin"
- Desert Lore
- At Home in the Orient?
- 3. Desert as the Counter-Place
- Settlement and Progress
- The Desert, the Oasis, and the Island
- Gendered Landscapes
- Settlement Narratives and War Rhetoric
- Part II. Shifting Landscapes
- 4. The Negev Frontier
- A New Frontier
- "Making the Desert Bloom"
- New "Dots" on the Map
- Periphery and Frontier
- The New Pioneers
- 5. The Negev Bedouins
- Exiled at Home
- Towns and "Dispersion"
- The "Wild South"
- 6. Unsettled Landscapes
- Revisiting the "Desolate Land"
- A National Dump
- The Last Open Space
- 7. The Desert and the Tourist Gaze
- Nature, Adventure, and Leisure Tourism
- Archeology and Ancient Heritage
- Bedouin Hospitality
- Zionist and Religious Highlights
- Epilogue
- Memory, Space, and Contested Visions
- The Oasis, the Island, and the Wall
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
