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UNINA9910971358303321 |
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Autore |
Weinzimmer Julianne Melissa <1978-> |
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Homeland conflict and identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans / / Julianne Weinzimmer |
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El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Collana |
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The new Americans : recent immigration and American society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Israelis - North Carolina |
Palestinian Arabs - North Carolina |
Arab-Israeli conflict - Social aspects - North Carolina |
Ethnic conflict |
Transnationalism |
East and West |
North Carolina Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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