The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society.

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Content -- Part I: Setting the Contex -- Wars as Catalysts of Political and Cultural Change -- Part II: Cultural Sites -- The Masada Mythical Narrative and the Israeli Army -- The Independence Day Military Parade: A Political History of a Patriotic Ritual -- War, Heroism, and Public Representations: The Case of a Museum of "Coexistence" in Jerusalem -- Part III: The Construction of Life-Worlds -- Army and War: Collective Narratives of Early Childhood in Contemporary Israel -- Masks and Soldiering: The Israeli Army and the Palestinian Uprising -- Militarism and the Construction of the Life-World of Israeli Males: The Case of the Reserves System -- Part IV: Gender, Hegemony, and Resistance -- Gender, Body, and the National Subject Israeli: Women's Poetry in the War of Independence -- Filming National Identity: War and Woman in Israeli Cinema -- Engendering the Gulf War: Israeli Nurses and the Discourse of Soldiering -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- About the Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

Investigates the cultural and social constructions of issues related to war, the armed forces, and national security in Israel.

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