Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine - 9780814328453

Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish PalestineThe Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948\nAuthor(s): Yaacov Shavit, Shoshana Sitton, Chaya Naor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Wayne State University Press, United States\nImprint: Wayne State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814328453, 978-0814328453\nSynopsis\nThis case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. In the case of the new modern Hebrew culture of Eretz Israel (modern Jewish Palestine) - a society of immigrants that left behind most of their traditional folkways - the creation of festival lore was an organized process guided by a national ideology and aesthetic values. This effort in a secular national society served as an alternative to the traditional religious system, adapted the ceremonies and festivals to a new historical reality, and created a new festival cycle that would give expression .