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Informationen zum Autor Jackie Feldman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is author of Above the Death Pits, Beneath the Flag: Youth Voyages to Poland and the Performance of Israeli National Identity. He has been a licensed tour guide in Jerusalem for over three decades. Klappentext Feldman asks what it means when Jewish-Israeli guides get caught up in their own performances or participate in Christian rituals, and reflects on how his interactions with Christian tourists have changed his understanding of himself and his views of religion. Zusammenfassung Feldman asks what it means when Jewish-Israeli guides get caught up in their own performances or participate in Christian rituals, and reflects on how his interactions with Christian tourists have changed his understanding of himself and his views of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. How Guiding Christians Made Me Israeli 2. Guided Holy Land Pilgrimage-Sharing the Road 3. Opening Their Eyes: Performance of a Shared Protestant-Israeli Bible Land 4. Christianizing the Conflict: Bethlehem and the Separation Wall 5. The Goods of Pilgrimage: Tips, Souvenirs, and the Moralities of Exchange 6. The Seductions of Guiding Christians 7. Conclusions: Pilgrimage, Performance, and the Suspension of Disbelief
