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A city of 'strangers': the socio-cultural construction of manhood in Jaffa
Journal of Mediterranean studies • 11 (1) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 159-188
By: Monterescu, Daniel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Monterescu examines the identity of Arab men living in post-1948 Jaffa. The author looks at the collapse of the traditional patriarchal order beginning in 1948 when 95% of the Arab population was lost to the city, leaving behind a impoverished and isolated minority community with its associated ills of drugs and crime. According to the author, the Arab men of Jaffa live in a liminoid realm, 'between and betwixt' the Arab world and the West, estranged politically, culturally, and economically from the dominant Jewish life. According to Monterescu, the cafe becomes the space in which men can be men, living out this liminal existence and smoking NARGILEH, a symbol of their masculinity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Adjustment processes
- Food service industries
- Leisure time activities
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Palestinians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1996-1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1948-1997
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jaffa, Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Daniel Monterescu
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93641917
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs