To be an Arab Jewish girl in a state religious school in Israel: Navigating gender, ethnicity and class in religious Zionist identity and culture

This paper examines the ways in which gender, religion, ethnicity and class intertwine in a state religious girl’s junior high school in Israel. It is based on ethnographic data collected from 1999–2002, including interviews with staff and students and observations of classes and other school events...

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1. VerfasserIn: Sztokman, Elana (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis 2006
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Jahr: 2006, Band: 11, Heft: 2, Seiten: 217-235
weitere Schlagwörter:B Mizrahi girls
B Ethnicity
B Identity Formation
B Religion
B School ethnography
B Israel
B Gender
B State schooling
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines the ways in which gender, religion, ethnicity and class intertwine in a state religious girl’s junior high school in Israel. It is based on ethnographic data collected from 1999–2002, including interviews with staff and students and observations of classes and other school events. The claim is made that in this school, hierarchies overlap, such that ethnic hierarchies mesh with academic hierarchies, and Ashkenazi religious rhetoric becomes a tool with which to keep certain girls perpetually marginalized. The paper brings in a particularly poignant observation of Noa, a student of Moroccan descent, arguing with her Ashkenazi religious studies teacher about social justice and moral goodness as they find expression in Genesis and in the hallways of the school.
ISSN:1469-8455
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13644360600797222