identity & Ethnicity 2 (Educ, Fam, Peer, Media etc)

Question 1

what is the concept of identity?

Answer 1

(often defined as):

How you see yourself in relation to others

Question 2

what is hybrid identity?

Answer 2

That someone’s sense of who they are, is a mix of two or more influences

Question 3

What is meant by the term social role?

Answer 3

Relationship of roles we take on to our characteristics:

e.g. gender, ethnicty, nationality, religion, occupation.

Question 4

What is collective identity?

Answer 4

The process of identifying with a larger social group giving us sense of belonging

Question 5

Who rejected traditional sources of identity?

Answer 5

Postmodernists !!

Question 6

When post modernists rejected traditional sources of identity, what did they choose instead?

Answer 6

Hybrid identities

Question 7

What type of traditional identities can be said to have become more hybrid?

Answer 7

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eg young British muslim women taking on an ascribed identity

Question 8

Name a Sociologist wrote about young British muslim women and hybrid identity?

Answer 8

Butler

Question 9

Name a Sociologist wrote about young British muslim women and hybrid identity?

Answer 9

Butler

Question 10

What does the term “Brasian” refer to?

Answer 10

Used by Johal

He found that second and third generation British asians subscribed to dual identity called Brasian:

_Asian at home / “white mask” in public_

Question 11

What has increased in the UK over the last 30 years to fuel hybrid identity?

Answer 11

Mixed race marriages

Question 12

Name one (further) factor which has encouraged

ethnic hybridity?

Answer 12

Globalisation

examples

KFC - meets- Nandos

rap -meets- hip hop

leading to term “white wannabes”

Question 13

Who wrote about Muslim Ethnicity & Family in UK?

Answer 13

Ghuman

Question 14

What did Modood find out about what shapes ethnic identities of YP?

Answer 14

That traditions were main shaper

Question 15

What were some of the common characteristics Ghuman found in Asian family-life in UK?

Answer 15

Kids to be obedient

Arranged marriage

Question 16

What other shared values (besides Obedience of kids and arranged marriage) did Ghuman find amongst Asian UK families?

Answer 16

Speak the Mother Tongue

Respect for Religion (Islam)

Look after Elderly

Question 17

Name 2 shared values Reynolds found when he studied Afro-caribean families in UK?

Answer 17

Strong trans-national identity (i.e. not specific to one country but to their shared heritage)

Use of social media to help bind community

Question 18

What did Francis & Archer study in the UK about family-life and Ethnicity?

Answer 18

Chinese families

Question 19

What did Francis & Archer find when they studied Chinese families in the UK?

Answer 19

That they placed high value on Education

(transcends class & gender)

Question 20

In EDUCATION, what was one effect the School curriculum said to have had, on minority ETHNIC groups?

Answer 20

Marginalised or reduced - e.g. Black History Month

Question 21

In the study of ethnicity and EDUCATION, what is meant by the term ‘hidden curricuculum’?

Answer 21

Expectations of students based on race

Question 22

What did Sewell find out about in EDUCATION when he looked at Ethnicity?

Answer 22

That in Afro=Carib BOYs MASCULINITY was seen as more important than academic achievment

(and so some teachers treated them unfairly)

Question 23

In the study of PEER GROUPS and Ethnicity, what is said to draw people togther?

Answer 23

Cultural ‘comfort zones’

(people clustering around similar ethnic backgrounds)

Question 24

What did SEWELL study in PEER GROUPS and Ethnikcity?

Answer 24

Black boys confused identity

caught between white middle class environment in school, and ‘street identity’ outside

Question 25

Who write about a ‘white backlash’ against multiiculturalism?

Answer 25

Hewitt

Question 26

What is one way MASS MEDIA has influenced how communities view each other with regard to Ethnicity?

Answer 26

Those with little expereince of living with ethnic minorities rely on it for info

Question 27

When looking at ethnicity and the WORKPLACE, what did Rao & Stevenson find?

Answer 27

That ethinc minorities felt they had to work harder and longer

(low skilled / waged work)

Question 30

When looking at Ethnicity & RELIGION, cite two example of its influence in schools ?

Answer 30

faith schools set up (positive impact on student progress)

others shut down (radical views)