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来源

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY,Vol.47,Issue3,P.336-366

语言

英文

关键字

Russian 1.5 generation immigrants; collective memory; holidays; performance of belonging; urban diversity; FORMER SOVIET-UNION; IMMIGRANTS; CITY; EXPLORATION; EMPOWERMENT; INTEGRATION; DIVERSITY; FAMILIES; CULTURE

作者单位

[Prashizky, Anna] Bar Ilan Univ, Sociol Inst Community Studies, Ramat Gan, Israel. [Prashizky, Anna] Western Galilee Acad Coll, Dept Sociol, Akko, Israel. [Remennick, Larissa] Bar Ilan Univ, Sociol & Anthropol Dept, Ramat Gan, Israel. Prashizky, A (reprint author), Bar Ilan Univ, Sociol Inst Community Studies, Ramat Gan, Israel. E-Mail: Ana_prashizky@yahoo.com

摘要

Drawing on the theoretical concept of collective memory and migration, and politics of belonging, this article explores performative belonging enacted in the series of holidays and commemorative rites organized by young Russian immigrants in Israel's major metropolis. Our ethnography is based on 18 months of participant observation at the cultural association Fishka in South Tel-Aviv. As part of our field work, we documented public celebrations of Jewish and Russian-Soviet holidays organized by Fishka as acts of public performance seeking to elevate the prestige of Russian culture in Israel. These events reinforced visibility of Russian Israelis in Israel's cultural capital and helped reach out to other urban communities, both native and immigrant. The article discusses the unique contribution of these bicultural young adults to Tel-Aviv's diverse and dynamic urban scene. Our main argument is about the importance of collective memory in migration, whereby holidays and commemorative rites reinforce feelings of belonging and fortify the immigrants' claim on the respectable place in the receiving society.