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Homeland Conflict and Identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans.

Weinzimmer examines various ways that homeland conflict affects the diasporic identities of first and second generation Jewish Israeli Americans and Palestinian Americans. Her work builds upon central tenets of conflict theory, collective memory and transnationalism literature, and narrative methodo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weinzimmer, Julianne Melissa, 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Weinzimmer examines various ways that homeland conflict affects the diasporic identities of first and second generation Jewish Israeli Americans and Palestinian Americans. Her work builds upon central tenets of conflict theory, collective memory and transnationalism literature, and narrative methodologies. Perceptions of homeland conflict are analyzed from multiple sources: past experiences; family stories; group-level accounts; media coverage; and homeland contacts. Homeland conflict proves to be a constitutive element of identity for both generations within each group, with differences obser.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593326760
1593326769