Ethnographic Encounters in Israel: Poetics and Ethics of Fieldwork

Essays on the challenges of anthropological work in a complicated country: "A compelling anthology." —Ruth Behar
Israel is a place of paradoxes, a small country with a diverse population and complicated social terrain. Studying its culture and social life means confronting a multitude of ethical dilemmas and methodological challenges.
These first-person accounts by anthropologists engage contradictions of religion, politics, identity, kinship, racialization, and globalization to reveal fas...