The cultural psychology of Palestinian youth: A narrative approach

Hammack, Phillip L.

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“…In the case of the life story, how one constructs a personal narrative is contingent upon the "canonical forms" (Bruner 1987) of autobiography available in a given cultural and political setting (see also Fivush 2010). A growing body of empirical research on narrative has begun to chart the contextual specificity of storytelling, and much of this work has emphasized the impact of political, historical, and economic factors on narrative form and content (e.g., Gregg 2007;Hammack 2009Hammack , 2010aHammack , b, 2011McAdams 2006). Narrative approaches to the study of identity bring with them vital implications for public policy and social advocacy.…”

Section: The Politics Of Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Narrative, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Change and the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

2011

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The social and political context of sexual identity development in the United States has changed dramatically since the mid twentieth century. Same-sex attracted individuals have long needed to reconcile their desire with policies of exclusion, ranging from explicit outlaws on same-sex activity to exclusion from major social institutions such as marriage. This paper focuses on the implications of political exclusion for the life course of individuals with same-sex desire through the analytic lens of narrative. Using illustrative evidence from a study of autobiographies of gay men spanning a 60-year period and a study of the life stories of contemporary same-sex attracted youth, we detail the implications of historic silence, exclusion, and subordination for the life course.

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Section: The Politics Of Storytellingmentioning

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Narrative, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Change and the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

2011

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“…Jewish Israeli and Palestinian participants reproduced dominant tropes of their respective group's collective narratives within the dialog space. Victimization and dispossession emerged within the Palestinian narrative of the conflict's history and future (see Hammack, 2010a), while Jewish Israelis emphasized their own history of victimization in their narrative, which ultimately informed and justified their emphasis on the importance of security and defense in negotiating a future settlement. It is noteworthy that this pattern of results emerged within groups employing different facilitation models of intergroup contact.…”

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“…Collective historical narratives permeate all levels of the self-concept and facilitate the emotional bonds that tie the individual to the national collective (Liu & László, 2007). As illustrated by Hammack (2009bHammack ( , 2010aHammack ( , 2010b, historical narratives provide not only the basis upon which national identity is understood and experienced but also the narrative construction of personal identity (Hammack, 2008;McAdams, 2006). Threats to the historical narrative, therefore, entail a threat to national identity and vice versa (see Liu, Fisher Onar, & Woodward, 2014).…”

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Negotiating the past, imagining the future: Israeli and Palestinian narratives in intergroup dialog

Pilecki¹,

Hammack²

2014

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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a b s t r a c tIntergroup dialog affords an opportunity to study the deployment of historical narratives in conversation. In this field study, Israeli and Palestinian adolescents were randomly assigned to one of two conditions of intergroup dialog commonly in practice in intergroup encounter programs. In the coexistence condition, facilitators encouraged participants to focus on similarities and to construct a common ingroup identity. In the confrontational condition, facilitators encouraged participants to see themselves as group representatives and to become aware of power differences among groups. Our analysis examined variability in narrative content based on dialog condition and topical focus on either history or the imagined future. Using an interpretive analytical framework, we found that recognition of the outgroup narrative emerged among Jewish Israeli participants within the coexistence condition when the topic of an imagined future was discussed. Participants nevertheless struggled to reconcile divergent collective narratives in conversations about the past and a concrete future-namely, the conditions of a future peace agreement-regardless of the facilitation model employed. Findings are discussed in relation to theories of historical narrative in intergroup conflict and reconciliation, as well as distinct approaches to intergroup dialog.

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“…In a study of Palestinian adolescents, one 16-year-old boy from Bethlehem began his life story with his mother's difficulty in getting to the hospital for his birth, her delay at the checkpoint by the Israeli soldiers, his father not being allowed to enter Jerusalem with her, and his frightened mother having to continue alone. 23 Over the generations, such stories, and the maternal and neonatal morbidity explicit in them, have become an integral part of Palestinian identity and way of perceiving the world.…”

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No safe place for childbirth: women and midwives bearing witness, Gaza 2008–09

Wick¹,

Hassan

2012

Reproductive Health Matters

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Women seek to give birth in a place where they feel safe, protected and secure. However, in conflict settings, many are forced to give birth in dangerous and frightening situations, where even the most rudimentary help and protection is unavailable. This study, based on interviews with women who gave birth and midwives during the 22-day Israeli attack on Gaza in December 2008 -January 2009, illustrates the vulnerability and trauma women experience when there is no safe place for childbirth. They recounted their overwhelming fear of not knowing when they would go into labour, not reaching a hospital or skilled attendant during the bombing, complications in labour without emergency care, and fear for the safety of their families and being separated from them. Most of the midwives were unprepared both materially and psychologically to attend births outside a hospital setting, while physicians were overwhelmed with severely injured patients. The capacity of midwifery care to keep birth normal whenever possible is particularly crucial in situations of political instability, conflict, poverty and disaster. Planning for emergency care by mapping the location of midwives, supplying them with basic equipment and medications, and legitimizing their profession with an appropriate scope of practice, licensing, back-up, and incentives would facilitate their ability to respond to birthing women's needs.

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The cultural psychology of Palestinian youth: A narrative approach

Cited by 59 publications

References 73 publications

Narrative, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Change and the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

Narrative, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Social Change and the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

Negotiating the past, imagining the future: Israeli and Palestinian narratives in intergroup dialog

No safe place for childbirth: women and midwives bearing witness, Gaza 2008–09

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