{"product_id":"when-the-state-winks-9780231183246","title":"When the State Winks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the State Winks\u003c\/i\u003e traces the performance of state-endorsed Orthodox conversion in Israel. Michal Kravel-Tovi complicates the popular perception that it is a \"wink-wink\" relationship in which both sides agree to treat pretenses of faith as real, developing new ways to think about the connection between religious conversion and the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEasily the best recent ethnography of state bureaucratic practice (and state-sponsored conversion) in Israel. Kravel-Tovi's work is grounded in significant ethnographic fieldwork and moves beyond accounts that treat 'the State' as a monolithic and inimical entity. Real people-rabbis, converts and state workers-emerge from these pages, not stick figures of the sociological imagination. -- Don Seeman, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: The Naked Truth on Tel Aviv’s Beaches\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Taking Winking Seriously\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1. The Conversion Mission\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. National Mission\u003cbr\u003e2. State Workers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2. The Conversion Performance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Legible Signs\u003cbr\u003e4. Dramaturgical Entanglements\u003cbr\u003e5. Biographical Scripts\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Winking Like a State\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400319934807,"sku":"9780231183246","price":80.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231183246.jpg?v=1730470380","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-the-state-winks-9780231183246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}