Book
Communal webs: communication and culture in contemporary Israel
State University of New York Press • Albany • Published In 1991 • Pages: vi, 226
By: Katriel, Tamar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph combines elements of Clifford Gertz's 'spider-web' metaphor theory with J. Clifford's concept of 'ethnographic surrealism' in a study of symbols and meaning in Israeli ethnography. Successive chapters in the book deal with such diverse topics as key verbal symbols (GIBUSH) in Israeli cultural semantics, KITURIM or griping as a central speech mode, a key visual symbol (fire) in Israeli youth movement ceremonials, emotion-laden semi-ritualized familial occasions (picnics in military zones), hegemonic, mass-mediated pedagogical discourses (radio for young listeners), and children's self-regulated peer group communicative exchanges (p. 1).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Speech
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics
- Dissemination of news and information
- Radio and television
- Fire
- Exchange transactions
- Conversation
- Social relationships and groups
- Visiting and hospitality
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Israelis
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1978, 1980-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Tamar Katriel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-216) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90010057
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Israelis