Authenticity and hybridity in alienation: national identity in the Palestinian diaspora

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dc.contributor.advisorDrache, Danielen_US
dc.creatorAl-Dajani, Ghina
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T17:45:57Z
dc.date.available2016-06-23T17:45:57Z
dc.date.copyright2013-07en_US
dc.date.issued2016-06-23
dc.degree.disciplineCommunication & Cultureen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster'sen_US
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Artsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the space in which Palestinian identity in the diaspora is formed and where moments of plurality emerge. By focusing on the Palestinian community in Canada, this study interrogates the processes of national identity formation and the achievement of belonging. The study utilizes empirical research in the form of interviews as well as the existing literature on the study of nationalism and identity to conduct a qualitative analysis of Palestinian national identity in the diaspora today. It thus demonstrates that the Palestinian identity is one that is intrinsically dual, with both essential and plural identities that are constructed and negotiated within a social matrix, and that incorporate national ideologies, collective memories, and cultural identities in the creation of a Palestinian nationality. In doing so, the study addresses a lack of scholarship on the identity formation in third generation Palestinian exiles, and illustrates the parameters of the ongoing Palestinian condition of statelessness.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/31429
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.en_US
dc.subject.keywordsPalestinianen_US
dc.subject.keywordsStatelessen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDiasporaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNationalismen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNational identityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCultural identityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNakbaen_US
dc.titleAuthenticity and hybridity in alienation: national identity in the Palestinian diasporaen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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