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Author Noy, Chaim, 1968-

Title A narrative community : voices of Israeli backpackers / Chaim Noy.

Publication Info. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations.
Series Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and indexes.
Contents Performing backpacking narratives. Arriving at the destination : no transcendence ; Persuasion. Intermezzo 1: from persuasion (in)to quotation -- Quotations and voices. Quotations ; Performing the chorus and the (occasional) emergence of individual voices ; Performing others' voices : quoting native and tourist. A visit to the television station (September 22, 2003) ; The collective-canonic voice : quoting the norm (of quoting). Eih omrim "eih omrim"? Aunt Malka'le and the search for collective authority ; From oral authority to written canon : quoting travelers' books and trail stories. Thorong La Pass : at 5,416 meters ; From speech community to vocal identity : the sound of quotations. Intermezzo 2: From quotation to self-transformation -- Conclusions. Self-transformation. "Garçon, get me someone who speaks Tibetan!"
Note Print version record.
Subject Backpacking -- Social aspects.
Youth -- Israel -- Social life and customs.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hiking.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Walking.
TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
Reisender.
Erzählforschung.
Jugend.
Rucksacktourismus.
Israel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Noy, Chaim, 1968- Narrative community. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2007 0814331769 (DLC) 2006025936 (OCoLC)71126663
ISBN 9780814337585 (electronic bk.)
0814337589 (electronic bk.)
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