Book
Kibbutz: venture in Utopia
Harvard University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Spiro, Melford E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an anthropological study of KIRYAT YEDIDIM, the fictitious name of a collective settlement or KIBBUTZ in Israel studied by the author between February 1951 to December 1951. Spiro begins his work with an analysis of the nature of the KIBBUTZ in Israeli society, then proceeds with an account of the cultural history of KIRYAT YEDIDIM, emphasizing the European background of the collective and the emigration of European Jews to Israel. This is followed by a detailed study of the social and political aspects of the community involving data on its economy, authority roles, methods of social control, parent-child relationships, ceremonial life, and politics. The document concludes with a discussion of internal and external factors which have induced changes in the KIBBUTZ (up to 1951).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Social personality
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Labor and leisure
- Cooperative organization
- Rest days and holidays
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- Feb. 1951-Dec. 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1880s-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kibbutz of Kiryat Yedidim (a pseudonym), Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Melford E. Spiro
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56006523
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Israelis