Abstract
The article explores three successive anniversary celebrations of TelAviv—1929, 1934, and 1959—as an aspect of the cultural and political history of the city. The three anniversaries examined in this paper were celebrated in the "First Hebrew City" phase of the cultural history of Tel-Aviv and, accordingly, their major theme was Tel-Aviv as a Zionist success story. The historical analysis of three successive anniversaries affords an opportunity to discern continuities in the form of festive patterns and recurrent ideological themes. It also highlights period-specific concerns and political contingencies underlying particular anniversary celebrations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-20 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Israel Studies |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Analysis
- Anniversaries
- Automobile industry
- Birthdays
- Capital cities
- Celebrations
- Ceremonies
- Cities
- City halls
- Cultural change
- Culture
- Fairs
- Hebrew language
- Historical analysis
- Ideology
- Israel
- Jews
- Mayors
- Politics
- Rites ceremonies and celebrations
- Sovereignty
- Speeches
- State formation
- Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel) -- History
- Theme
- Urban history
- Zionism
- Zionism -- Philosophy