Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel

by Juliana Ochs

Book Overview

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 Suspicion is 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222660
• ISBN13: 9780812222661
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"