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Subject(s)

• Backpacking—Social aspects [Browse]
• Youth—Israel—Social life and customs [Browse]

Series

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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!"

ISBN

• 0814331769 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780814331767 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006025936

OCLC

71126663

International Article Number

• 9780814331767

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