Instructive ritual: The Arab Student Union and the communitas of the Palestinian Israeli educated

Social Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-145

  Erdreich, Lauren ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Communitas; Identity; Liberation; Literacy; Palestinians; Ritual; Root paradigm; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249161443     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/015597706780459430     Document Type: Article

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