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ERIC Number: EJ999125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8458
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Minority Identity Discourse: The Impact of Viewing the Play "An Arab Dream" on the Identity Crisis of Palestinians in Israel
Gesser-Edelsburg, Anat
Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, v12 n2 p75-95 2013
This article was written as part of a comprehensive research study whose main goal was to explore and assess the effectiveness of Israeli drama as an instrument to change young Israelis' perceptions and positions toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The article will present the findings of the qualitative study of two distinct audiences: Palestinian students in the Israeli education system and senior Jewish education officials who view the theater play "An Arab Dream". The findings show that for the Palestinian teenagers theater offers an opportunity to address sensitive and complex issues of minority group identity and serves as a trigger for social, emotional, and intellectual discourse. However the Jewish education officials were unable to allow the voices of a national minority to be heard within themselves, as they perceived the play as a provocative play of no educational value and they even believed it could harm the Jewish Israeli teenage audience.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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