Aliza Shenhar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5434007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aliza Shenhar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aliza |
| FAMILY NAME | Shenhar |
| SIGNATURE | SHENHAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The evolution of public colleges in Israel
The establishment of a multi-campus university in the Galilee would primarily assist the smaller colleges that have relatively small enrolment numbers, and lack the wherewithal to create a critical mass of staff and resources. The proposal fell victim to power struggles between the Planning and Budgets Committee and other branches of the Council of Higher Education. Or perhaps the concept of a ‘university’ stirred anxiety among Council members, m…
The Disappearance of the Submarine Dakar
Tower and stockade
This study explores the narrative construction of Israeli symbolism via a consideration of the tellings and re‐tellings of the heroic saga of Israel's pre‐state era. This operation, natively known as “Tower and Stockade,” spanned the years 1936–39 and has since become mythologized as part of Israel's modern cultural heritage. Contemporary contexts of narration or narrative allusion involve such public texts as pedagogical and commemorative materi…
Rituals of socialization
Metafolkloristic Additions to Stories by the Artistic Narrator
IT WAS Alan Dundes who first proposed the term metafolklore. He saw it mainly as a vehicle of literal-verbal criticism, or in other words as a 'folkloristic explanation of folklore genre.' Dundes brings as an example proverbs about proverbs and jokes about jokes, i.e. the explanation which the speakers of the language themselves propose as a means of expression. Thus: 'A proverb is like a horse: When truth is missing, we use a proverb to find it'…
Tower and stockade
This study explores the narrative construction of Israeli symbolism via a consideration of the tellings and re‐tellings of the heroic saga of Israel's pre‐state era. This operation, natively known as “Tower and Stockade,” spanned the years 1936–39 and has since become mythologized as part of Israel's modern cultural heritage. Contemporary contexts of narration or narrative allusion involve such public texts as pedagogical and commemorative materi…
Metafolkloristic Additions to Stories by the Artistic Narrator
IT WAS Alan Dundes who first proposed the term metafolklore. He saw it mainly as a vehicle of literal-verbal criticism, or in other words as a 'folkloristic explanation of folklore genre.' Dundes brings as an example proverbs about proverbs and jokes about jokes, i.e. the explanation which the speakers of the language themselves propose as a means of expression. Thus: 'A proverb is like a horse: When truth is missing, we use a proverb to find it'…
Rituals of socialization
Tower and stockade
This study explores the narrative construction of Israeli symbolism via a consideration of the tellings and re‐tellings of the heroic saga of Israel's pre‐state era. This operation, natively known as “Tower and Stockade,” spanned the years 1936–39 and has since become mythologized as part of Israel's modern cultural heritage. Contemporary contexts of narration or narrative allusion involve such public texts as pedagogical and commemorative materi…
The Disappearance of the Submarine Dakar
The evolution of public colleges in Israel
The establishment of a multi-campus university in the Galilee would primarily assist the smaller colleges that have relatively small enrolment numbers, and lack the wherewithal to create a critical mass of staff and resources. The proposal fell victim to power struggles between the Planning and Budgets Committee and other branches of the Council of Higher Education. Or perhaps the concept of a ‘university’ stirred anxiety among Council members, m…
Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Folklore (2 works)