| Coming Home: Media and Returning Diaspora in Israel and Germany Contributor(s): Elias, Nelly (Author), Herzog, Hanna (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 079147495X ISBN-13: 9780791474952 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Examines the social and cultural integration of Russian-speaking Jews and Germans who imigrated to their respective historic homelands. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 070.449 |
| LCCN: 2007033900 |
| Series: Suny Series in Israeli Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Coming Home provides an extraordinary glimpse into the social and cultural integration of a unique category of immigrants--the returning Diaspora. During the 1990s Russian-speaking Jews and Germans returned to their respective historic homelands. Nelly Elias explores the social and cultural adaptation of these two groups by focusing on the roles played by their native language--Russian--and the language used by the media of each country. Based on one hundred in-depth interviews conducted with immigrants now living in both Israel and Germany, Coming Home considers media use to be an inseparable part of an immigrant's adaptation strategy, simultaneously reflecting construction of a new social and cultural identity while also preserving their original cultural identities. |
