Competence and ideology in performance
Language games, identity and Israeli bureaucracy in personal narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Schely‐newman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 96-113 |
| Publication date | 1998-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462939809366215 |
| OpenAlex | W1980042595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
This paper treats the performance of a personal narrative about an encounter with Israeli bureaucracy. The narrator told his story to friends in a mixture of languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French and Yiddish. The analysis examines the functions of code switching as a main discourse strategy creating a coherent story with personal and social implications. Grounding the event in its double context, as occurred and as told, within the larger historical‐political‐cultural framework of Israeli society, allows for better understanding of the narrative and of creative use of language in performance. The surface level of the text thus mirrors the political structures and cultural hegemonies in Israel of the early 1950s and the late 1980s
Aesthetics · Art · Bureaucracy · Competence (human resources · Identity (music · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Narrative history · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
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Discourse-Centered Approach to Language and Culture
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Discourse Strategies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |