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Author Lefkowitz, Daniel, 1961-

Title Words and stones : the politics of language and identity in Israel / Daniel Lefkowitz
Published New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 26
Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 26.
Contents 1. Negotiations and identities -- 2. Negotiations of memory and space -- 3. Theoretical frameworks for linguistic negotiations of identity -- 4. Narrating the crosscultural encounter -- 5. The social organization of language learning in Israel -- 6. Tropes of identity in public culture -- 7. Phonology and the negotiation of Arab identity -- 8. Intonation and the negotiation of Sabra identity -- 9. Conclusion : negotiation, dialogues, power, and language
Summary 'Words and Stones' explores the politics of identity in Israel through an analysis of the social life of language. By examining the social choices Israelis make when they speak, and the social meanings such choices produce, Daniel Lefkowitz reveals how Israeli identities are negotiated through language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-308) and index
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Subject Anthropological linguistics -- Israel
Language and culture -- Israel
Sociolinguistics -- Israel
Symbolism in communication.
Jews -- Israel -- Identity.
Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- Ethnic identity
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Anthropological linguistics
Jews -- Identity
Language and culture
Palestinian Arabs -- Ethnic identity
Sociolinguistics
Symbolism in communication
Ethnische Identität
Taalpolitiek.
Taalgebruik.
Palestijnen.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Israel
Israel
Englisch.
Hebräisch.
Arabisch.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003060956
ISBN 9780198028437
0198028431
9780199788347
0199788340