Ethnic And Hybridity Identity

Question 1

National identity
Anderson

Answer 1

An imagined community

Question 2

Hall

Answer 2

Different reactions to globalisation
1. Becoming more similar
2. Shared culture - cultural hybridity
3. More nationalistic

Question 3

Sardar

Answer 3

Global identity crisis

Question 4

Kumar

Answer 4

British identity is vague and difficult

Question 5

National identity is becoming stronger

Answer 5

THEORIST: Howe
Growth of white nationalism (EDL)

Question 6

National identity is becoming weaker

Answer 6

THEORIST: McLuhan
Postmodernist view
Global village

Question 7

Ethnic identity
Gunman

Answer 7

Asian children emphasised family values

Question 8

Gilroy

Answer 8

Black identity should not be linked to a country

Question 9

Derrington and Kendoll

Answer 9

Challenges of growing up in an ethnic minority

Question 10

Hewitt

Answer 10

White backlash against ‘positive discrimination’

Question 11

Positive discrimination

Answer 11

When a company only hires a certain group to look good

Question 12

Modood

Answer 12

Living in Asia is an identity not just linked to being Chinese

Question 13

Spencer et al

Answer 13

Eastern European migrants don’t socialise with British people

Question 14

Postmodernist

Answer 14

Hybridity and choice in a globalised world

Question 15

Functionalist

Answer 15

Ethnic minorities should adapt to their new societies

Question 16

Marxist

Answer 16

Linked back to capitalism. Argues ethnic minorities cause inequality

Question 17

Hybrid identity

Answer 17

Mixture of two or more influences E.g British and Spanish

Question 18

Niyak

Answer 18

‘White wanabies’
When white men try to act hip hop

Question 19

Johal

Answer 19

Brasian - British and Asian
Switching between cultures