Ethnicity & Nationalism- module 8 Flashcards
Nation-state
geopolitical borders- bounded by boarders- feeling connected in state
nationalism
the desire of a people to create and/or maintain a nation-state identification with a people inside specific borders, sense of pride/patriotism and shared destiny
ethnic boundary markers
practice or belief such as food, clothing, language, shared name, or religion used to signify who is in a group and who is not.
imagined communities
Anderson- people never meet but share aspects of their communities
Anderson
imagined communities- people never meet but share aspects of their communities
ethnic cleansing
efforts by one group to forcibly remove from a territory(holocaust)
genocide
deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic or religious group
multiculturalism
When new immigrants and their children are enculturated by the dominant national culture and ethnic culture
salad bowl/mosaic model
multiculturalism- independent aspects that come together in one
assimilation
the process through which minorities accept the patterns and norms of the dominant culture and cease to exist as separate groups.
melting pot metaphor
The 19/20th century melting pot metaphor: immigrant assimilation to the US
situational negotiation of identity
an individuals self identification with a particular group that can shift according to social location. Ex: among friends in American may say you are puerto rican, going abroad say you are American.
diaspora/ethnicity across borders
A group of people who share culture but live in different places
ethnicity as wedge
tool of wealth and power by Belgian colonial government led to self perpetuating ethnic boundary marking between tutsi and Hutus and violence against the former colonial appointees (tutsi people) by majority Hutu people.
