Avoidance of Military Service in Israel: Exploring the Role of Discourse.
This study examines the use of the derogatory term mishtamtim (literally, 'shirkers') for Israeli citizens who do not serve in the military, as employed in a variety of widely circulating cultural texts and in several focus group discussions. I suggest that in addition to revealing and reflecting Is...
| Publicado en: | Israel Studies Review Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 78 - 98 |
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Berghahn Books
Summer2012
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