Hybrid Identity

Question 1

Nayak (2003)

Answer 1

used the term ‘white wannabes’ to describe white British males who dress, act and speak in a way influence by black hip-hop culture

Question 2

Modood (1997)

Answer 2

found generational differences in regards to identity - 2nd generation ethnic minorities felt much more British than their parents while seeing their ethnic origin as a key part of their ethnic identity

Question 3

Back (1996)

Answer 3

found cultural hybridity in council estates where there became a sort of shared identity based on mixed ethnicity and ‘neighbourhood nationalism’

Question 4

Brah (1996)

Answer 4

argues Young British Asians are skilled cultural code-switchers rather than seeing their identity as hybrid

Question 5

EVALUATION:

Answer 5

postmodernists argue that in globalised societies, identity I shall about choice and everyone can create their own identity