Belonging to the conflict: Collective identities among Israeli and Palestinian émigrés to the United States

Social Identities

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-225

  Chaitin, Julia ^a   Awwad, Elia ^b   Andriani, Cristina ^c  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b Boston Health Care Inc   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Immigrants; Israelis; Middle East conflict; Palestinians

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL CONFLICT; CULTURAL IDENTITY; EMIGRATION; IMMIGRANT; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PALESTINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650087578     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630902778644     Document Type: Article

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