ABSTRACT

This article examines the relationship between ethnic and class identities among members of a stigmatic ethnic group (Mizrahim) who experience upward mobility in Israel. The findings show how mobile Mizrahim do not report a classic cleft habitus, but rather a amalgam between the types of habitus associated with mobility, strategic preference of class identities, and maintenance of distance from ethnic identity. At the same time, the findings also reveal the heavy use of Orientalist discourse, boundary-work within the ethnic (and familial) group, strong negative emotions (disgust, hate), and self-negation. We offer an interpretation of this self-negation as a unique expression of cleft habitus. We also discuss the discursive explanations for this unique relationship between ethnic and class identities and the prevalent cultural scenario in Israel regarding mobility, which, in turn, affects the phenomenology of mobility.

摘要

本文探讨了在以色列经历过迁徙的，带有偏见的种族群体（Mizrahim）中种族与阶级身份之间的关系。研究结果表明，移动式Mizrahim不报告经典的裂left习性，而是在与流动性相关的习性类型，阶级身份的战略偏爱以及与种族身份的距离保持之间的混合。同时，研究结果还揭示了东方主义话语的大量使用，种族（和家庭）群体内部的边界工作，强烈的负面情绪（厌恶，仇恨）和自我否定。我们将这种自我否定解释为as惯性的独特表达。我们还讨论了种族和阶级身份与以色列关于流动性的普遍文化场景之间这种独特关系的话语解释，这反过来又影响了流动性现象学。