Liminality and Emotional Labor among war widows in Israel

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18955498
AutoresBen-Asher (0000-0002-6264-822X, Kaye Academic College, Israel), Smadar Ben-Asher (Kaye Academic College, Israel), Riki Halamish‐leshem (0000-0001-9549-9040, Efrata College of Education, Israel; Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College, Israel, autor de correspondencia), Ya’arit Bokek-Cohen
Año2019
Volumen25
Número4
Páginas503-516
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1354067x19828981
OpenAlexW2914487767
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

This article focuses on Israeli army widows from the religious-Zionist sector and the Bedouin sector. We show how these women are compelled by their cultural context to either suffer liminal identity or to invest in exhausting Emotional Labor and fake their authentic selves. The surrounding society expects much more Emotional Labor of religious-Zionist widows than of their Bedouin counterparts; in contrast, the societal status of Bedouin widows remains liminal, as compared to that of the religious-Zionist widows, who anchor their identity relatively quickly. The findings highlight the need to sensitively assist army widows with the Liminality and Emotional Labor that hinder their personal and familial rehabilitation. The findings are analyzed critically within the framework of the Zižekian approach, which investigates the elusive power of ideology over the agency of the individual’s self in society

Aesthetics · Ideology · Liminality · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology