1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462271003321

Autore

Weinzimmer Julianne Melissa <1978->

Titolo

Homeland conflict and identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans [[electronic resource] /] / Julianne Weinzimmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-59332-676-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

305.8009756

Soggetti

Israelis - North Carolina

Palestinian Arabs - North Carolina

Arab-Israeli conflict - Social aspects - North Carolina

Ethnic conflict

Transnationalism

East and West

Electronic books.

North Carolina Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Collective Memories about the Foundations of theConflict; Chapter 2: Stories about Homeland Conflict; Chapter 3: Sources of Homeland Conflict Information; Chapter 4: Experiences in the Host Country; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Table 1; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480704903321

Autore

Weiner Isaac

Titolo

Religion Out Loud : Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism / / Isaac Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8147-0806-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

North American Religions ; ; 14

Disciplina

203/.7

Soggetti

Sound - Religious aspects

Religion - Noise

Electronic books.

United States Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Sounds of Power -- Part II: The Sounds of Dissent -- Part III: The Sounds of Difference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan, as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city's anti-noise ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically Polish-Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims' right to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their resistance around what they regarded as the inappropriate public pronouncement of Islamic presence, an announcement that audibly intruded upon their public...