The Cultural Politics Of Nation and Migration (S.Vertovec 2011) Flashcards
1
Q
What are immigrant cultures often perceived as?
A
Threats to national culture
2
Q
What did The Roman Catholic church of New York say about muslims?
A
“Its Just Not American”
3
Q
According to Zolberg and Long (1999) what have immigrants always been?
A
Bearers of an alien culture
4
Q
How did migrant barriers used to be perceived by the public?
A
foreign languages and national traits
5
Q
What is culturalism?
A
the assumption of common beliefs or practices
6
Q
What has happened to the meaning of culture?
A
Its become negative, used to be a positive thing is most vocabulary
