Celia E Rothenberg: 3 books
Spirits of Palestine
Gender, Society, and Stories of the Jinn
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
The Palestinian Muslim village of Artas is cradled in the lap of four mountains in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Although Artas has experienced the violence of Israeli occupation, Spirits of Palestine does not focus exclusively on the villagers' experiences of violence, terrorism, or loss. This...
Serious Fun at a Jewish Community Summer Camp
Family, Judaism, and Israel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Unique in the literature on Jewish camping, this book provides an in-depth study of a community-based, residential summer camp that serves Jewish children from primarily rural areas. Focused on Camp Ben Frankel (CBF), established in 1950 in southern Illinois, this book focuses on how a pluralist Jewish...
On Doing Fieldwork in Palestine
Advice, Fieldnotes, and Other Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
This book, based on the author's ethnographic fieldwork in the Palestinian West Bank from 1995 to 1996, aims to provide an honest, authentic, and accurate accounting of the nitty-gritty, day-to-day challenges, rewards, failures, and successes of doing fieldwork in a conservative village setting. By...