Book
Kibbutz: venture in Utopia
Harvard University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Spiro, Melford E..
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field Date
- Feb. 1951-Dec. 1951
- Coverage Date
- ca.1880s-1951
- Coverage Place
- Kibbutz of Kiryat Yedidim (a pseudonym), Israel
- Notes
- Melford E. Spiro
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256)
- LCCN
- 56006523
- LCSH
- Israelis