TY - JOUR
T1 - The floor falling away
T2 - Dislocated space and body in the humour of ethiopian immigrants in Israel
AU - Salamon, Hagar
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - The present paper analyses humorous stories circulating among Ethiopian immigrants now living in Israel. Typically told at community gatherings, these narratives articulate the drama of dislocation and the traumatic encounter with life in Israel, by focusing on the embarrassing clash of the quintessential traditional Ethiopian, with a new land-scape, time-scape, and body-scape. Characterised by an easy spirit, the revelation of innocence met with forgiving and accepting laughter, these stories enable internalisation and mediation of common ambivalences and vulnerabilities, converting them into elements of pleasure.
AB - The present paper analyses humorous stories circulating among Ethiopian immigrants now living in Israel. Typically told at community gatherings, these narratives articulate the drama of dislocation and the traumatic encounter with life in Israel, by focusing on the embarrassing clash of the quintessential traditional Ethiopian, with a new land-scape, time-scape, and body-scape. Characterised by an easy spirit, the revelation of innocence met with forgiving and accepting laughter, these stories enable internalisation and mediation of common ambivalences and vulnerabilities, converting them into elements of pleasure.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79958073569&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0015587X.2011.537128
DO - 10.1080/0015587X.2011.537128
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AN - SCOPUS:79958073569
SN - 0015-587X
VL - 122
SP - 16
EP - 34
JO - Folklore
JF - Folklore
IS - 1
ER -