TY - JOUR
T1 - Identity work in Palestinian-Jewish intergroup encounters
T2 - A cultural rhetorical analysis
AU - Bekerman, Zvi
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - On the basis of data collected during a study of a university course dealing with intergroup Palestinian-Jewish encounters in Israel, this article uses a rhetorical cultural analytical approach to show how participants in the dialogue accomplish their group’s identity and enact the conflicts which characterize their group’s relationships. I also show that when working toward such accomplishments the interactants resist and reject other possible identification options which become available in the encounter. The events described point at the dominant influence and the hegemonizing power of national ideologies and contribute to a better understanding of the actual communicational practices which hinder crosscultural encounters in conflict ridden societies.
AB - On the basis of data collected during a study of a university course dealing with intergroup Palestinian-Jewish encounters in Israel, this article uses a rhetorical cultural analytical approach to show how participants in the dialogue accomplish their group’s identity and enact the conflicts which characterize their group’s relationships. I also show that when working toward such accomplishments the interactants resist and reject other possible identification options which become available in the encounter. The events described point at the dominant influence and the hegemonizing power of national ideologies and contribute to a better understanding of the actual communicational practices which hinder crosscultural encounters in conflict ridden societies.
KW - Conflict resolution
KW - Intergroup dialogue identity negotiation and construction
KW - Intergroup encounters
KW - Jewish-palestinian conflict
KW - Peace education
KW - Rhetoric
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949468070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17447140902741304
DO - 10.1080/17447140902741304
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AN - SCOPUS:77949468070
SN - 1744-7143
VL - 4
SP - 205
EP - 219
JO - Journal of Multicultural Discourses
JF - Journal of Multicultural Discourses
IS - 2
ER -