Date of Award
Fall 1-5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
A.K. Burns
Second Advisor
Carrie Moyer
Academic Program Adviser
Carrie Moyer
Abstract
Within this paper I will explore my Arab-Jewish identity by confronting the historical development of that term. I will look at the ways in which collective memory and photography are utilized to construct images used as colonizing tools to assimilate Arab-Jews into Israel and Palestine after 1948 as part of Zionist Ideology. In an effort to explore productive forms of collective memory, I will investigate the way food and hospitality are used as a vehicle to strengthen this cultural diaspora. I will conclude by discussing my thesis installation in which the gallery is activated by food preparation and consumption, ceramic vessels on display, and borders being broken down through the political act of communing.
Recommended Citation
Yadid, Maya, "Collective Memory and Arab Jewish Identity" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/627