Bilingual children's literature as a tool reflecting non-reconciled and reconciled identities in the Ethiopian community in Israel. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kalnisky, Esther; Baratz, Lea
• Is Part Of: Intercultural education. Volume 29:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Ethiopia -- bilingual books -- personal identity -- reconciled identity -- non-reconciled identity; Ethnic relations -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 370.11705
• DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2017.1404781
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1467-5986

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigates the manner in which new and veteran Ethiopian immigrant students in Israel perceive their identity by investigating their attitudes towards children's books written in both Hebrew and Amharic. Two major types of identity were revealed: (1) a non-reconciled identity that seeks to minimise the visibility of one's ethnic group. (2) A reconciled identity that incorporates the original ethnic identity and tries to reconcile it with the majority culture by experiencing both the Israeli and the Ethiopian identities.