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Publication Date: January 1998
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Author(s): Natan Uriely
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: American Jews; Identity formation; Immigration
Type: Report
Coverage: Illinois
Abstract:
The paper analyzes the relationships between types of orientation towards the place of residence and ethnic expressions of Israeli immigrants in Chicago. In terms of types of orientation towards the place of residence, the author separates between settlers and sojourners. It is argued that permanent sojourners express a unique form of 'rhetorical ethnicity'. The research is based on a field study of two discrete groups of Israeli immigrants in the Chicago area.