TY - JOUR
T1 - The memorial ceremony in Israeli schools
T2 - Between the State and civil society
AU - Lomsky-Feder, Edna
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - Exploring memorial ceremonies conducted in Israeli schools over the past decade, this paper discusses the school memorial ceremony as a potential site for struggle over national identities, and schools as the social arena of an encounter between the State and civil society. Analysis of 50 ethnographies (elicited from semi-structured observations) revealed that school memorial ceremonies constitute a diversified interpretative field, which includes both canonic characteristics and elements of innovation and resistance. This ceremonial field is characterized by a tension between expressing 'other voices' of civil society and the process of cooptation into the national collective.
AB - Exploring memorial ceremonies conducted in Israeli schools over the past decade, this paper discusses the school memorial ceremony as a potential site for struggle over national identities, and schools as the social arena of an encounter between the State and civil society. Analysis of 50 ethnographies (elicited from semi-structured observations) revealed that school memorial ceremonies constitute a diversified interpretative field, which includes both canonic characteristics and elements of innovation and resistance. This ceremonial field is characterized by a tension between expressing 'other voices' of civil society and the process of cooptation into the national collective.
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U2 - 10.1080/0142569042000216954
DO - 10.1080/0142569042000216954
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AN - SCOPUS:3042853403
SN - 0142-5692
VL - 25
SP - 291
EP - 305
JO - British Journal of Sociology of Education
JF - British Journal of Sociology of Education
IS - 3
ER -