Organised leisure as promoting nostalgia: Israeli senior citizens singing in Yiddish

Leisure Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-65

  Gvion, Liora ^a  

^a Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Identity; Israel; Nostalgia; Organised leisure; Sing along nights; Yiddish

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; LANGUAGE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 58949099501     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360802334856     Document Type: Article

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