Homeland conflict and identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans / Julianne Weinzimmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinzimmer, Julianne Melissa, 1978-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israelis--North Carolina.

Israelis.

Palestinian Arabs--North Carolina.

Palestinian Arabs.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Social aspects--North Carolina.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Ethnic conflict.

Transnationalism.

East and West.

Ethnic relations.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Social aspects.

North Carolina--Ethnic relations.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

vii, 192 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.

Summary:

Weinzimmer (sociology, Wright State U.) argues that perceptions of group conflict are a constitutive element of diasporic identity for both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians living in the United States. He structures the four chapters of his study around the following themes, the ways in which collective memories and dominant narratives about historical oppression and discrimination are used to frame the current conflict and the diasporic relation to the conflict; the use of personal conflict narratives and shared family memories for the same purposes; the influence of media and alternative information consumption on attitudes about the conflict; and how experiences and relationships within the host country shape identity in relation to perceptions of conflict in the homeland. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1593324545

9781593324544

OCLC:

698333044

Publisher Number:

99943810678