Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction: Insights from identity process theory

Social Identities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-224

  Jaspal, Rusi ^a   Yampolsky, Maya A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Identity process theory; Jewish identity; Psychological well being; Qualitative; Social psychology; Social representations

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79952723050     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2011.558374     Document Type: Article

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