TY - JOUR
T1 - "Like Birds Returning to Their Nest"
T2 - Immigration Narratives and Ideological Constructions in Early Israeli Children Magazines
AU - Yadlin-Segal, Aya
AU - Meyers, Oren
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article explores the construction of national identity through the coverage of immigrants and immigration in 1950s Israeli children's magazines. The study's interpretive-narrative analysis employed two research trajectories focusing on the narrators of immigration stories and the main plot structures featured in the magazines' articles. The study's main findings point at the sharp contrast between the positive presentation of the phenomenon of Jewish immigration to Israel as a fulfilment of a prophecy and the negative depiction of the immigrants themselves as primitive, not ideologically committed and burdening the young country's economy. Beyond the specific historical context, the study provides conceptual and methodological insights into the fabula's role in the narrative process, as well as to the use of immigrants' depictions as a social tool for collective self-definition. By doing so, the article illuminates the reciprocal relationships between culture and journalistic practices.
AB - This article explores the construction of national identity through the coverage of immigrants and immigration in 1950s Israeli children's magazines. The study's interpretive-narrative analysis employed two research trajectories focusing on the narrators of immigration stories and the main plot structures featured in the magazines' articles. The study's main findings point at the sharp contrast between the positive presentation of the phenomenon of Jewish immigration to Israel as a fulfilment of a prophecy and the negative depiction of the immigrants themselves as primitive, not ideologically committed and burdening the young country's economy. Beyond the specific historical context, the study provides conceptual and methodological insights into the fabula's role in the narrative process, as well as to the use of immigrants' depictions as a social tool for collective self-definition. By doing so, the article illuminates the reciprocal relationships between culture and journalistic practices.
U2 - 10.1080/00947679.2014.12059105
DO - 10.1080/00947679.2014.12059105
M3 - מאמר
SN - 0094-7679
VL - 40
SP - 158
EP - 166
JO - Journalism history
JF - Journalism history
IS - 3
ER -