Between authenticity and ethnicity: Heritage tourism and re-ethnification among diaspora jewish youth

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-103

  Lev Ari, Lilach ^a   Mittelberg, David ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Diaspora; Ethnic identity; Heritage tourism; Homeland; Peoplehood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955875774     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17438730802138097     Document Type: Article

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