{"product_id":"the-israeli-career-of-hummus-colonial-appropriation-authenticity-and-distinction-paperback","title":"The Israeli Career of Hummus: Colonial Appropriation, Authenticity, and Distinction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDafna Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did an Arab dish become an Israeli culinary passion? Less than a century ago, hummus and other Palestinian staples were often met with disinterest and sometimes outright rejection among Zionist settlers. Yet for modern-day Israelis, hummus has become a dish that is both everyday and iconic, intertwined with cultural perceptions of authenticity, indigeneity, and masculinity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Israeli Career of Hummus\u003c\/i\u003e tracks how hummus has turned from an \"Arab\" or \"Oriental\" food into a national symbol and culinary cult in Israel. The Israeli Career of Hummus traces how hummus has turned from an \"Arab\" or \"Oriental\" food into a national symbol and culinary cult in Israel. Rather than regard culinary appropriation as a necessary outcome of land colonization, author Dafna Hirsch instead examines how changing gastronomic, economic, and political factors intersected with material and cultural production in a multilayered and socially stratified colonial context. Departing from the thesis of cultural erasure of hummus's Arab or Palestinian provenance, Hirsch shows how the Arab identity of hummus functions as a semiotic resource, which is sometimes suppressed and at other times leveraged to lend authenticity to hummus--and thus to its consumers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShedding new light on the sociohistorical process of culinary appropriation amidst settler colonialism and nation building, \u003ci\u003e The Israeli Career of Hummus\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to consider the complex trajectory and multiple factors and mediators that transformed a humble staple into an emotionally charged and politically contested culinary icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDafna Hirsch is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, the Open University of Israel. She is author of \u003ci\u003e\"We Are Here to Bring the West\" Hygiene Education and Nation Building in the Jewish Society of Mandate Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eEntangled Histories in Palestine\/Israel: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Tel Aviv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575152304230,"sku":"9780253075314","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/yqHlgiUgKm9780253075314.webp?v=1777528241","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-israeli-career-of-hummus-colonial-appropriation-authenticity-and-distinction-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}