My dissertation focuses on exile, migration, and borders in the works of modern and contemporary authors, the majority of whom lived in the Northeastern Italy, and active from the beginning of the last century to the present, a period of time during which many historical and soc…
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This dissertation investigated how constructions of a group’s history affect members’ attitudes toward and relationships with outgroup members. Incorporating Halbwach’s (1950) concept of collective memory—defined as a shared sense of history—to Social Identity Theory (Tajfel & T…
In this study, I take an interdisciplinary approach to the symbolic geography of Transjordan and the Jordan River in the Deuteronomistic History, utilizing concepts and models from anthropological, sociological, and philosophical thought. The meaningful nature of the Jordan Rive…
The study examines three myths endemic to Western culture, autochthony (indigenousness), promised land, and exile, taking as figurative representations Athens for autochthony and Jerusalem for promised land. The myth of autochthony is found in ancient Greek literature and the my…
In the Hebrew Bible, exile signifies a political and historical experience, a concrete reality. Particularly in post-exilic and post-biblical texts, exile is also a concept with a markedly existential dimension. It suggests the feeling of separation from God, which cannot be ove…
This dissertation analyzes selected works by Assia Djebar (L'Amour, la fantasia; Oran, Langue morte; Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement and Ces Voix qui m'assiègent), Leïla Sebbar ( Lettres parisiennes; Shérazade: 17 ans, brune, frisée, les yeux verts) and Malika Mokeddem (Les…
This study illuminates the essence of exile and shared Christianity for the Lost Boys from Sudan. Interviews and a phenomenological research method were used to deepen the lived experience of 8 Lost Boys from Sudan. The study vividly describes the literal and symbolic journey ta…
Catherine the Great, the Czarina of Russia, wished to populate her eastern lands along the Volga River. She invited the German survivors of Europe's Seven's Year's War to come to these lands and farm. She promised them aid, freedom from military conscription and tax deferments f…
This dissertation explores the relationship between social reproduction and geographic locality within a population of migrants and their descendants originating in Africa's western Sahel region and living in the city of Brazzaville, Congo. Its theoretical context is at the inte…
This study develops a model of the scapegoat mechanism as it occurs in human systems, and a definition of the environmental matrix within which the mechanism incubates and comes to life. This project entailed an interdisciplinary, multicultural approach to the issue of scapegoat…
Juxtaposing two early 20th -century Egyptian novels with three late 20th -century novels from the Maghrib, this study interrogates the relationship between nationalism and exile in the North African novel. Chapter One situates the nation and the novel as historically bound moder…
West Bank Palestinian immigrants to the United States transitioned from economic immigrants to exiles in the aftermath of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. A portion of these exiles established a community across parts of New York and New Jersey. De…
This dissertation examines the theme of exile in the writings of North African writers, and explores how exile shapes their notion of identity. The notion of "exile" can be understood in two related but distinct ways: literally, it refers to a forced emigration, and metaphorical…
Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it dev…
