This study examined thirty-one randomly selected novels written by American Jews about the Jewish American experience. The period covered was from 1900 to 1979. Each of these novels was analyzed as to how the central character or characters reconciled his/her individual goals and constraints against the systematic goals and constraints of family and society. The central question was how did the major character or characters use discourse to overcome exigencies. The elaborated and restricted codes discussed by Basil Bernstein and the familial control system and cosmology discussed by the anthropologist Mary Douglas formed the basis for the discourse analysis. Conclusions were that there is general trend in American Jewish fiction toward the positional-elaborated structure which suggests a reification of secular cultural Jewish values and beliefs during the latter part of the period studied.

Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis has tried to construct a comprehensive analysis of a clearly defined community of Egyptian Jews in Australia and France, based on the oral history of Egyptian born migrants. Built around the conceptual framework of forced emigration, integration and acculturation, it looks at the successful experience of this particular migrant group within both Australian and French societies. Like the other Jewish communities of Arab lands, the Egyptian Jewish community no longer exists, as it was either expelled or forced into exile in the aftermath of the three Arab-Israeli wars (1948, 1956, 1967). This thesis argues that the rise of an exclusively Arab-Islamic type of nationalism, the growth of Islamic fundamentalism and the escalating Arab-Israeli conflict constituted the fundamental causes for the demise of Egyptian Jewry. As a consequence, almost half of the Jewish population of Egypt went to Israel. The rest dispersed throughout the Western world, mainly in France, North and South America. In Australia, a small group of around 2,000 found a new home. Apart from those who migrated to Israel, the majority of Egyptian Jews experienced a waiting period in Europe before they were accepted by any of the countries of immigration, a period facilitated by international and local Jewish welfare agencies. My interviewees chose Australia mostly to be reunited with family members. They first had to overcome the racial discrimination of the ‘White Australia’ Immigration policy towards Jews of Middle Eastern origin, a hurdle surmounted thanks to the tireless efforts of some leaders of the Australian Jewish community. With their multiple language skills, multi-layered identity and innate ability to interact with a variety of ethnic groups, they succeeded in establishing themselves in an unfamiliar country that initially welcomed them reluctantly. As such, they can be said to have successfully acculturated and integrated into Australian society, whilst retaining their own cultural diversity. The more numerous Egyptian Jews living in France also successfully acculturated. As a larger group, they were better equipped to assert themselves within the older Jewish/French community and retain their distinctive Sephardi culture. Studies such as the present one provide insight into the process of integration and identity reconstruction, as well as the diverse strategies used to ensure a successful acculturation, and the value of a multi-layered identity.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: David Levine.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Harold Troper.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Sociology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-136). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19713

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008 . / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1985. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: A. Harry Passow. Dissertation Committee: Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. Bibliography: leaves 132-136.

Inaug.-diss.--Greifswald. / At head of title: Deutsche philologie. Lebenslauf. "Verzeichnis der häufiger zitierten werke, sammlungen und zeitschriften": p. 289-290.

Thesis (doctorat)--Université de Paris, 1923. / Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in microfiche.