"A Voice that Would Sound All the Notes": Sound and Regeneration in Vladimir Jabotinsky's Hebrew Revivalism.

The vernacularization of Hebrew speech was an integral component of the Zionist conception of national revival. In this article I explore some of the ways in which the discourse of regeneration and the figure of the "muscle Jew" shaped ideas about the sonic component of Hebrew speech, through the ca...

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Publicado en:Jewish Social Studies Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 91 - 123
Autor principal: Francez, Itamar
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Publicado: Indiana University Press Spring/Summer2025
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