Acting Ethnic”—Performance of ethnicity and the process of ethnicization

Bibliographic Data

ID6256293
AuthorsDana Grosswirth Kachtan (0000-0001-9155-4962, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel, Israel, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume17
Issue5
Pages707-726
Publication date2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468796815610353
OpenAlexW2340297597
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited33

This paper examines the process of “acting ethnic”, and demonstrates that, in certain circumstances, people act in keeping with an ethnic identity. Based on a study of two infantry brigades in the Israeli army (the IDF), the paper shows how organizational ethnic culture forms the basis of the process of “acting ethnic”. This paper highlights the tendency in certain situations to suspend nonethnic privileges by adopting an ethnic identity and in addition, to exaggerate ethnic performance. Moreover, it is argued that “acting ethnic” is a collective performance, aimed not only at belonging to the group, but also as a means of maintaining and reproducing ethnic identity and asserting a legitimate alternative to the hegemonic identity

Aesthetics · Ethnic group · Ethnic history · Hegemony · Identity (music · Infantry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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