Security and Suspicion An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel

Name: Security and Suspicion An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel
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ISBN: 9780812222661

ISBN-10: 0812222660

ISBN-13: 9780812222661

Edition: 2011

Authors: Juliana Ochs

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In Israel, gates, fences, and walls encircle public spaces while guards scrutinize, inspect, and interrogate. With a population constantly aware of the possibility of suicide bombings, Israel is defined by its culture of security.Security and Suspicionis a closely drawn ethnographic study of the way Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives.Observing security concerns through an anthropological lens, Juliana Ochs investigates the relationship between perceptions of danger and the political strategies of the state. Ochs argues that everyday security practices create exceptional states of civilian alertness that perpetuate—rather than mitigate—national fear and ongoing…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 6/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Juliana Ochs earned her Ph.D. in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge.