Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Identity"

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The Distant Reach of the Middle East: How Perceptions of Conflict Affect Jewish Israeli American and Palestinian American Identity

Weinzimmer, Julianne Melissa (2008-04-17)

This interpretive study examines how narratives and collective memories about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict affect the identities of Jewish Israeli Americans and Palestinian Americans today. In contrast to ...
Do We Have Consensus?: Examining the Sources of Systematic Variation in Cultural Identity Meanings

Wisecup, Allison K. (2011)

<p>Affect control theory (Heise 1979, 2007, 2010; MacKinnon 1994; Smith-Lovin and Heise 1988) contends that individuals' sentiments for social identities result from three sources: 1) fundamental cultural norms, 2) individual ...
Going Away to Find Home: A Comparative Study of Heritage/Homeland Tourism

Powers, Jillian (2011)

<p>In this dissertation I explore the "homing desire" (Brah 1996:193) of American diasporas. I argue and show how identities are constructed as primordial. Specifically, I am interested in how homeland tourism, group tour ...