Bourgeoisie and Zionism in the Domestic Habitus of Central European Women in the Yishuv
Keywords:
'Habitus', Jewish Women Immigrants, Jewish Women Immigrants from Central Europe, Mandate Period, Jewish-Zionist Press during the Mandate Period, Domestic Habitus of Jewish Women, Social HistoryAbstract
This article explores the domestic habitus of Jewish women immigrants from Central Europe (Germany, Austria Czechoslovakia) in Mandatory Palestine on the basis two types of source material: the Jewish and Zionist press that was published in Germany and Palestine, and egodocuments (autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, and so forth) that were written by the women. The authors describe the transformation of the women’s domestic world and its cultural aspects, such as the continuity between the German domestic habitus and the new reality in Palestine.
Domestic Zionism is presented as a case study for the larger issue of continuity between the Central European Jewish habitus, as it developed under the impact of emancipation and assimilation, and the burgeoning society in the Yishuv that strove to fulfill the Zionist vision. The article illuminates various facets of the Yishuv and the social history of the immigrants’ countries of origin.
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