Mann, B.E., A Place in History: Modernism, Tel Aviv, and the Creation of Jewish Urban Space: [Book Review]

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Abstract

Barbara Mann’s book is a notable contribution to the recently growing literature on the city of Tel Aviv. Creating its very own mode of critique, it reads the city not merely as a sum total of historical events and sites, but also as a collection of ordinary practices interwoven with interpretive readings of literary texts and cultural moments. Such an approach intentionally unsettles the well-defined disciplinary domains. Mann clearly does not work with a ready-made categorical model, staying well away from conventional binaries, like “white city/black city.”
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)376-379
Number of pages4
JournalHebrew Studies
Volume49
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • 235082
  • Book reviews
  • Books
  • Israel
  • Mann
  • Barbara E
  • Barbara E.
  • Place in history: modernism
  • Tel Aviv
  • and the creation of Jewish urban space
  • Sociology
  • Urban
  • Soḳer-Shṿager
  • Ḥanah

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