Belonging Flashcards
1
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Cultural identity
A
- Shared culture
2. Ruptures and discontinuities
2
Q
Shared culture
A
Negritude e.g. black diaspora
3
Q
Discontinuities
A
Critical points of difference that make up ‘who we really are’
4
Q
Belonging
A
About emotional attachment e.g. feeling at home
5
Q
Politics of belonging
A
Political projects aimed at constructing belonging
6
Q
Three levels on which belonging is constructed
A
- Social locations
- Individual and emotional attachments
- Ethical and political value systems
7
Q
Social locations
A
Race/gender/class etc. implications with power relations in society
8
Q
Identifications and emotional attachments
A
Identity narratives and emotional investments which are selectively produced
9
Q
Ethical and Political values
A
Attitudes concerning boundaries, point of shift from ‘belonging’ to politics of belonging
