1st Edition
Leisure and Cultural Change in Israeli Society
Preface
Robert A Stebbins
Introduction: Leisure, Conflict and Change in Israeli Leisure Cultures
Tali Hayosh, Elie Cohen-Gewerc and Gilad Padva
Part I Freedom, Autonomy and Leisure
1. Leisure, Consumption and Freedom
Michelle Shir-Wise
2. Mass vs. autonomous consumption of serious leisure: its unexpected byproduct
Tali Hayosh
Part II Nationalized and Minoritized Leisure
3. Shabbat Is a Space without Work
Elie Cohen-Gewerc
4.Dark Tourism as Controversial Leisure Enterprise in Israeli TV Satire Shows
Liat Steir-Livny
Part III Consuming Leisure, Gender and Sex
5. Naked Leisure: Recreational and Domesticated Male Bodies in an Israeli Home Design Campaign
Gilad Padva and Sigal Barak-Brandes
6. Playboy as Repressive Leisure: Feminists confronting Israeli Patriarchy
Michal Zeevi and Esther Hertzog
7. Consumption Practices: Uniformed Yet Unique? Finding Individuality within Conformist Consumer Culture
Tali Hayosh and Rakefet Erlich Ron
Part IV Leisure Communities and Communal Hobbies
8. Long Distance Running as a Serious Leisure Activity and Its Influence on Relationships within the Family
Sima Zach and Assaf Lev
9. It's Always Up to the Parents": Parents' Initiatives in response to the Challenge of Leisure Time for Children with Disabilities
Hagit Kalibanski, Orit Gilor and Drora Kfir
10. The Sabra, the Genius and the Chess Player: A Socio-historical Understanding of Competing Narratives
Shahar Gindi and Avital Pilpel
Biography
Tali Hayosh is an accreditation advisor for undergraduate and graduate programs, Head of “Tzevet – Best for Education” Program, in Beit Berl College, Israel. She is a senior lecturer and her research interests are leisure culture, consumption, and leisure education. In 2018 she authored two books about leisure (in Hebrew): Serious Leisure: Culture and Consumption in Modern Society (2018) and After the Bell: The world of Leisure for Children and Teenagers (the latter with Fadia Nasser-Abu Elhija, 2018), and also was a guest editor (with Meir Teichman) of Special Issue Mifgash on leisure culture of children and youth in Israel (in Hebrew, 2018).
Elie Cohen-Gewerc is a senior lecturer and researcher in Beit Berl College, Israel. He was on the board of directors of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. The main issues he investigates are freedom and the human challenge of being free. He has written various articles and four books, including Serious Leisure and Individuality (2013), with Robert Stebbins.
Gilad Padva is a film and media and queer studies scholar. He currently works for the Program for Women and Gender Studies with NCJW at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is the author of Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture (2014), and co-editor of Sensational Pleasures in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture (2014) and Intimate Relationships in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture (2017). He has published numerous articles, chapters, and entries in distinguished academic journals, edited volumes, and international encyclopedias.
