Palestinian-Chilean acoustic memories: the case of “Palestine forever”
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https://doi.org/10.30827/meaharabe.v68i0.1009Keywords:
Palestinians, Immigrants, Chile, Memory, Mass media, RadioAbstract
The Palestinian immigrant community in Chile is considered the largest and most influential in the Palestinian diaspora outside of the Middle East. As the Palestinian community became more and more integrated in Chile, its need to preserve its identity traits and (re-)construct its memory increased. Textual, visual, and acoustic media were excellent means to that end. Taking this into account, the present study focuses on an area that has been little studied to date —Palestinian-Chilean radio programs— and examines how these programs affected the (re-)construction of memory in Palestinian immigrants living in Chile. To do so, the essay looks at the programs in the context of the acoustic media in both Palestine and Chile. This process of contextualization leads to the conclusion that Palestinian participation in Chile´s acoustic space was a reflection of the immigrants' intention to integrate in the host society and also of their wish to preserve their cultural heritage and devotion to the land of their ancestors, Palestine.
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