Israeli Backpackers: A View From Afar

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ISBN: 9780791464984 | 0791464989
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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. Book jacket.

Introduction: Backpacking as a Rite of Passage in Israel

(1)

Chaim Noy

Erik Cohen

Preamble

(1)

Background: Backpacking in Contemporary Society

(4)

The Israeli Context: Tarmila'ut

(1)

A Cultural Rite of Passage

(2)

The Historical Development of Israeli Backpacking

(7)

The Drifters of the Seventies

(3)

Backpacking and Military Service

(3)

From Sites to Enclaves

(4)

The Enclave Out There

(2)

Ambivalence toward the Enclave

(1)

The Enclave as Frontier

(1)

Contemporary Backpacking Sites and Routes

(4)

Sites in the Homeland

(1)

Routes and Sites Abroad

(1)

Sites in Asia and the Pacific

(1)

Sites in South and Central America

(1)

Categories and Subcultures of Israeli Backpackers

(7)

Categories

(1)

Collective versus Individual Backpacking

(1)

Ethnic and Socioeconomic Background

(1)

Variations of Military Service Prior to the Trip

(1)

Religious Background

(1)

Age Cohorts

(1)

Gender

(1)

Backpacking in Asia versus South and Central America

(1)

Subcultures

(1)

Kovshim (conquerors) versus Mitnahalim (settlers)

(1)

Karhanim or Manali versus Issta'im

(1)

``The Wave''---Itineraries and Sites among South American Mochileros

(1)

Contrasting Modes of the Quest for Identity among Israeli Youth Tourists

(2)

The Backpackers and their Researchers

(2)

Review of the Contributions to the Volume

(2)

Notes

(2)

References

(8)

Next Year in Kathmandu: Israeli Backpackers and the Formation of a New Israeli Identity

(44)

Ayana Shira Haviv

Introduction

(4)

A Note on Methods

(1)

A New Identity

(33)

``Heart of Darkness'': The Older Generation's View of the Backpackers

(4)

``A Case of Israeli-itis'': The Israeli Backpacker Stereotype

(3)

``Out of the Pressure Cooker'': Escape from Israeli Society and Politics

(2)

``Where Do We Eat Lunch Today?'': Freedom and the Extension of Youth

(2)

``If My Parents Knew . . .'': Rebellion against Authority

(2)

``The Kosher Banana Pancake Trail'': Conformity with the Israeli Youth Culture Movement

(5)

``I Don't Have to Start from Nothing'': Jewish Religious Services on the Trip

(3)

``It Was Like My Real Self Coming Out'': Individualism and Self-Discovery

(2)

``The Only Country Where We Have Ever Felt Rich Is India'': Leisure and Consumption

(1)

``Now We Do Drugs and Make Parties'': Drugs, ``Full-Moon Parties,'' Trance Music, and Consumption in the Third World

(5)

``Untouched by Western Culture'': Othering the ``East''

(2)

``That Something in the Air'': Spirituality and Antimaterialism

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(1)

References

(5)

Primary Sources

(2)

Web Sites for Israeli Backpackers

(1)

Secondary Sources

(3)

``Traveling Cultures'': Israeli Backpackers, Deterritorialization, and Reconstruction of Home

(22)

Lisa Anteby-Yemini

Keren Bazini

Irit Gerstein

Gali Kling

Introduction

(3)

Methodology

(2)

Homing Devices: Re-creating Israeli Locality

(5)

Israeli Backpackers' ``Home Territories''

(2)

Making a Foreign Space into an Israeli Place

(2)

A Global Home

(1)

Building an Israeli Community

(4)

Communication Networks and Information Exchange

(1)

Endosociality and Communitas

(2)

Maintaining Cultural Identity Abroad

101

(4)

Reproducing Israeliness

101

(1)

Erecting the Community's Borders

102

(3)

Conclusion

105

(2)

Notes

107

(1)

References

108

(3)

Israeli Backpackers: Narrative, Interpersonal Communication, and Social Construction

111

(48)

Chaim Noy

Introduction

111

(2)

Narrating Backpacking: From Communication to Storytelling

113

(4)

Narrative Identity: Storytelling Experience

117

(4)

Interviewing Israeli Backpackers

120

(1)

A Story's Cycle: The Story of the Journey and the Journey of the Story

121

(14)

The Origin of the Story and the Beginning of the Trip: Listening to the Stories of Veteran Backpackers

122

(5)

Excursion Narratives

127

(4)

The Reiteration of the Stories and the Conclusion of the Trip: Narrating Stories and Narrative Rites

131

(4)

Backpackers' Preference for Oral Narrative: Informality, Recency and Reliability

135

(7)

Alternative Guidebooks and Lectures

136

(3)

Informality and Spontaneity

139

(1)

Recency

140

(1)

Reliability or Trustworthiness

141

(1)

Israeli Stories of a Rite of Passage

142

(6)

The Dugri Style of Communication and Storytelling

143

(2)

Informal Interpersonal Communication

145

(1)

Informal Interpersonal Storytelling

146

(2)

Conclusion

148

(3)

Notes

151

(1)

References

152

(7)

Young Adult Israeli Backpackers in India

159

(30)

Darya Maoz

Introduction

159

(1)

Young Adulthood

160

(5)

Characteristics

160

(2)

The Age-Thirty Transition Stage

162

(2)

Backpacking by Young Adults

164

(1)

Backpackers in this Study: Socioeconomic Background

165

(1)

The Timing of the Journey

166

(4)

Prior to the Journey

166

(2)

The Timing of the Journey and Its Aftermath

168

(2)

Motivations for the Journey

170

(11)

Alienation from Israeli Society

170

(1)

Slacking Off while Amassing Energy for the Future

171

(2)

Deferring Decisions versus Making Decisions from Afar

173

(1)

Fear of the Future and of Adulthood

174

(2)

The ``Settlers''

176

(3)

The ``Conquerors'' and the ``Manalis''

179

(2)

Conclusion

181

(3)

Notes

184

(1)

References

184

(5)

Young Israelis' Long Trip Abroad, Backpacking in Asia and ``Dwelling-Tourism'' in Japan

189

(28)

Dalit Bloch-Tzemach

Introduction

189

(2)

Methodology

190

(1)

Background: Backpacking Trip through Asia and the ``Trip'' in Japan

191

(6)

Dwelling-Tourism: A Working Definition

193

(1)

Traveling versus Dwelling

194

(1)

Change versus Routine

194

(1)

Feelings of Belonging versus Feelings of ``Strangehood''

195

(1)

Instrumental versus Emotional Approaches to the Dwelling Experience

196

(1)

Dwelling-Tourism in Japan versus Backpacking in Asia

197

(14)

Backpacking as a Group-Oriented Experience versus Dwelling-Tourism as an Individual Experience

197

(4)

Backpacking in Asia and Work Stopovers in Japan as Masculine Experiences

201

(6)

``Feminine'' Characteristics of Dwelling-Tourism in Japan

207

(4)

Conclusion

211

(1)

Notes

211

(2)

References

213

(4)

In Search of the Beautiful Land of Israel: Israeli Youth Voyages to Poland

217

(34)

Jackie Feldman

Pilgrimages to the Jewish Past/the Shoah

217

(3)

The Cultural and Historical Context of the Poland Voyages

220

(2)

Student Selection and Preparation

222

(3)

The Shape of the Voyages: Constructing the Environmental Bubble

225

(3)

Inside the Bubble: Expectations and Cognitive Dissonance

228

(3)

The Appearance of the Site

229

(1)

Students' Expectations of the Sites

230

(1)

Tour Guides' Narrative Strategies

230

(1)

The Elision of Significant Others: Poles and Diaspora Jews

231

(5)

Demonization of the Poles

232

(1)

The Marginalization of Diaspora Jews

233

(1)

The Role of the Witness

234

(2)

Ceremony Structure and Embodiment

236

(2)

Individual Needs and Group Dynamics

238

(3)

Channels for Individual Expression

239

(1)

Resistance and Accommodation

240

(1)

Conclusion: The Messages of the Voyage

241

(3)

Notes

244

(2)

References

246

(5)

Conclusion: The Backpackers and Israeli Society

251

(12)

Erik Cohen

Chaim Noy

The View from Afar

251

(1)

Israeli Youth Journeys: Hegemonic and Nonhegemonic

252

(1)

Distanciation and Communality among Israeli Backpackers

253

(2)

Backpackers' Rites of Passage and Identity Formation: Between Collectivism and Individuality

255

(2)

Varieties of Israeli Backpacking

257

(2)

Conclusion

259

(1)

Notes

260

(1)

References

260

(3)

Contributors

263

(2)

Index

265

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