Gideon Kressel

Biographic Data

ID215052
NAMEGideon Kressel
GIVEN NAMESGideon
FAMILY NAMEKressel
SIGNATUREKRESSEL G
AFFILIATIONSprofessor of anthropology at Man and the Desert, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel. He is doing research among the Bedouin encampments in the Negev Highlands.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX1

  • Labour Division and Family Cohesion among Bedouin Flock Raiser Households in Scattered Rural Settlements in the Negev Desert, Southern Israel

    Ilan Stavi, Gideon M Kressel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…2007

    There are approximately 8,000 Bedouin families living in scattered rural settlements (also known as spontaneous hamlets) in the Negev desert, southern Israel, and about a thousand of these raise sheep and goats for their livelihood. These families are considered to be on the economic margins of Israeli society, in that analyses of Bedouin flock raising have shown marginal profitability and even losses. Why then do these families continue raising …

  • Flock Use among Bedouin in 'Spontaneous' Settlements in the Negev Desert, Southern Israel

    Open AccessIlan Stavi, Gideon M Kressel et al.ARTICLENomadic Peoples2006Cited by: 2

    Approximately a thousand Bedouin families living in unrecognised, scattered settlements in the Negev desert, Israel, raise sheep and goats even though this enterprise shows marginal profits and, sometimes, losses. The aim of this study was to examine the uses of flocks among Bedouin households. It emerged that the flocks were kept for status, preservation of social networks, source of income, employment, family cohesion and maintaining land claim…

  • Flock Use among Bedouin in 'Spontaneous' Settlements in the Negev Desert, Southern Israel

    Open AccessIlan Stavi, Gideon M Kressel et al.ARTICLENomadic Peoples2006Cited by: 1References: 2

    Approximately a thousand Bedouin families living in unrecognised, scattered settlements in the Negev desert, Israel, raise sheep and goats even though this enterprise shows marginal profits and, sometimes, losses. The aim of this study was to examine the uses of flocks among Bedouin households. It emerged that the flocks were kept for status, preservation of social networks, source of income, employment, family cohesion and maintaining land claim…

  • Forest Fire Control and Bedouin Pastoralism in Israel's Afforested Drylands

    Open AccessHenri Rueff, Gideon M Kressel et al.ARTICLENomadic Peoples2004Cited by: 1

    Resume Une analyse couts et benefices menee darts une foret en climat semi-aride (Israel) montre que le paturage forestier previent les feux efficacement et a faible cout. Le controle informel de la foret par un groupe pastoral peut, lui aussi, servir a la proteger. D'autres pays en zones seches pourraient integrer avantageusement le paturage a la gestion forestiere. Resumen Se realizo un analisis de costos-beneficios en un bosque de una zona sem…

  • Let Shepherding Endure

    Gideon M Kressel, Gideon KresselBOOKLet Shepherding Endure2003

  • The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East

    Open AccessGideon M Kressel, Gideon KresselARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2003References: 1

    The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East. Martha Mundy and Basim Musallam. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 217 pp