Ethnicity Flashcards
1
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Define:
Ethnicity
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The shared cultural background of a group
2
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Ethnicity is made up of
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- Religion
- Language
- Shared norms + values
- Location
3
Q
Define:
Hybrid identity
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A cross between two or more influences
4
Q
Define:
National identity
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The identity of a whole community
5
Q
Anderson (1983)
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A nation is an “imagined community”
6
Q
Define:
Global village
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The world is becoming more connected due to globalisation
Marshal McLuhan
7
Q
Define:
Cultural Homogenisation
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Acceptance of global culture, all countries become similar
8
Q
Define:
Cultural hybridity
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Mixing global and traditional culture to create a hybrid culture
9
Q
Define:
Cultural resistance
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Resistance of global culture to protect traditional culture, nationalism
10
Q
Define:
Americanisation
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Growing American culture abroad
11
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Ethnicity:
Family
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- Crucial in creating + reinforcing ethnic identity
- Hindu, Muslim, Sikh - socialise children into a patern of duty
- Muslim - emphasis on family loyalty
- Family shapes identity of young muslim women
12
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Ethnicity:
Education
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- Schools are ethnocentric
- Black boys resisted racism from teachers
- Code switching between school and home
- Muslim schools offer positive role models
13
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Ethnicity:
Peers
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- Form groups with people of the same ethnicity - cultural comfort zone
- Peer pressure influences ethnic identity of Afro-Carribean youth in inner cities
14
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Ethnicity:
Religion
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- Islam crucial to the identities of young pakistanis
- Religion is central to asian communities
- Afro-Carribean youth may follow religions critical of white society
