identity & Ethnicity 2 (Educ, Fam, Peer, Media etc) Flashcards
cross-thematic links
what is the concept of identity?
(often defined as):
How you see yourself in relation to others
what is hybrid identity?
That someone’s sense of who they are, is a mix of two or more influences
What is meant by the term social role?
Relationship of roles we take on to our characteristics:
e.g. gender, ethnicty, nationality, religion, occupation.
What is collective identity?
The process of identifying with a larger social group giving us sense of belonging
Who rejected traditional sources of identity?
Postmodernists !!
When post modernists rejected traditional sources of identity, what did they choose instead?
Hybrid identities
What type of traditional identities can be said to have become more hybrid?
<strong>Ethnic</strong>
eg young British muslim women taking on an ascribed identity
Name a Sociologist wrote about young British muslim women and hybrid identity?
Butler
Name a Sociologist wrote about young British muslim women and hybrid identity?
Butler
What does the term “Brasian” refer to?
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_
What has increased in the UK over the last 30 years to fuel hybrid identity?
Mixed race marriages
Name one (further) factor which has encouraged
ethnic hybridity?
Globalisation
examples
KFC - meets- Nandos
rap -meets- hip hop
leading to term “white wannabes”
Who wrote about Muslim Ethnicity & Family in UK?
Ghuman
What did Modood find out about what shapes ethnic identities of YP?
That traditions were main shaper
What were some of the common characteristics Ghuman found in Asian family-life in UK?
Kids to be obedient
Arranged marriage
What other shared values (besides Obedience of kids and arranged marriage) did Ghuman find amongst Asian UK families?
Speak the Mother Tongue
Respect for Religion (Islam)
Look after Elderly
Name 2 shared values Reynolds found when he studied Afro-caribean families in UK?
Strong trans-national identity (i.e. not specific to one country but to their shared heritage)
Use of social media to help bind community
What did Francis & Archer study in the UK about family-life and Ethnicity?
Chinese families
What did Francis & Archer find when they studied Chinese families in the UK?
That they placed high value on Education
(transcends class & gender)
In EDUCATION, what was one effect the School curriculum said to have had, on minority ETHNIC groups?
Marginalised or reduced - e.g. Black History Month
In the study of ethnicity and EDUCATION, what is meant by the term ‘hidden curricuculum’?
Expectations of students based on race
What did Sewell find out about in EDUCATION when he looked at Ethnicity?
That in Afro=Carib BOYs MASCULINITY was seen as more important than academic achievment
(and so some teachers treated them unfairly)
In the study of PEER GROUPS and Ethnicity, what is said to draw people togther?
Cultural ‘comfort zones’
(people clustering around similar ethnic backgrounds)
What did SEWELL study in PEER GROUPS and Ethnikcity?
Black boys confused identity
caught between white middle class environment in school, and ‘street identity’ outside
