I’m Interviewing a Sheep’
Attitudes and Ethnolinguistic Hierarchy in Sayed Kashua’s Arab Labor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lindsey Pullum (0000-0002-7279-5143, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-89 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1873-9857 • E-ISSN: 1873-9865 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18739865-tat00004 |
| OpenAlex | W4327720950 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In this article, I summarize the state of Arabic (as a medium and a message) in Israeli state media and compare attitudes towards the Arabic language with content from the popular bilingual (Arabic-Hebrew) sitcom written and created by a Palestinian-Israeli writer, Sayed Kashua. I argue that Kashua’s work in his show, Arab Labor , reiterates poor attitudes towards Arabic and foreshadows the ethnolinguistic erasure of Israel’s Nation-State Law of 2018. Using humor and satire within its content, context and dialogue, the show draws attention to growing disparities and impossibilities in Palestinian life throughout Israel and emerges as an intertextual resource for commentary and recreating conditions of Palestinian existence
Arabic · Art · Content (measure theory · Context (archaeology · Erasure · Hebrew · Interview · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Semitic languages · Sociology · State (computer science · Classics · Computer Science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy
Language in the Media
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Paper))
Language Ideologies
To Be or Not to Be an Israeli Arab
The Subversion of Arabic Instruction in Jewish Schools in Israel
Palestinian Arabic versus Israeli Hebrew Place-Names
Language Use, Attitude, and Linguistic Identity Among Palestinian Students in East Jerusalem
Policy Implications of Arabic Instruction in Israeli Jewish Schools
The Jewish Works of Sayed Kashua Subversive or Subordinate
The rise and fall of the right to “proper representation”
Can a Regulator Change Representation of Minority Groups and Fair Reflection of Cultural Diversity in National Media Programs? Lessons From Israel
Manufacturing ‘Quiet Arabs’ in Israel
Televised Agendas
Rhetorics of belonging
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |