Struggle For Ethnic Identity

Author : Pyong Gap Min,Rose Kim
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0761990674

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Struggle for Ethnic Identity by Pyong Gap Min,Rose Kim Pdf

Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. The narratives touch upon common themes of prejudice and discrimination, loss and retention of ethnic subculture, ethnic versus non-ethnic friendship networks, and racial and inter-racial dating patterns. When coupled with Dr. Min's comprehensive introductory chapter on contemporary trends in the study of ethnicity, these narratives prove that constructing one's ethnicity is truly a dynamic process and serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in teaching or studying the concepts of ethnic identity.

Author : Gyorgy Feher,Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1564321126

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Struggling for Ethnic Identity by Gyorgy Feher,Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) Pdf

Since the demise of the Communist regime in Hungary, the country's Gypsy or Roma population has benefited from the suspension of decades of assimilationist, and at times overtly racist, government policy and from an increased tolerance for the expression of Roma identity. However, Romas continue to suffer serious discrimination, and at times violence, at the hands of fellow citizens, and many public officials appear to exhibit the same behavior.

Author : Pyong Gap Min
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759117396

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Struggle for Ethnic Identity by Pyong Gap Min Pdf

Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. The narratives touch upon common themes of prejudice and discrimination, loss and retention of ethnic subculture, ethnic versus non-ethnic friendship networks, and racial and inter-racial dating patterns. When coupled with Dr. Min's comprehensive introductory chapter on contemporary trends in the study of ethnicity, these narratives prove that constructing one's ethnicity is truly a dynamic process and serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in teaching or studying the concepts of ethnic identity.

Author : Stephen Worchel
Publisher : Worth Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1572596481

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Written in Blood by Stephen Worchel Pdf

Author : Jeff Lesser
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0822322927

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Negotiating National Identity by Jeff Lesser Pdf

A comparative study of immigration and ethnicity with an emphasis on the Chinese, Japanese, and Arabs who have contributed to Brazil's diverse mix.

Author : Yali Zou,Enrique T. Trueba
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438424880

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Ethnic Identity and Power by Yali Zou,Enrique T. Trueba Pdf

The relationship between ethnic identity and power has important consequences in a modern world that is changing rapidly through global immigration trends. Studies of ethnic/racial conflict of ethnic identity and power become necessarily studies of political power, social status, school achievement, and allocation of resources. The recognition of power by an ethnic group, however, creates a competition for control and a rivalry for power over public arenas, such as schools. In this context this book provides interesting and important insights into the dilemmas faced by immigrants and members of ethnic groups, by school personnel, and by policy makers. The first part of the book consists of comparative studies of ethnic identity. The second part focuses directly on some of the lessons learned from social science research on ethnic identification and the critical study of equity, with its implications for pedagogy. An interdisciplinary group of scholars offers profoundly honest and stimulating accounts of their struggles to decipher self-identification processes in various political contexts, as well as their personal reflections on the study of ethnicity. A powerful message emerges that invites reflection about self-identification processes, and that allows a deeper understanding of the empowering consequences of a clear and strong personal, cultural, ethnic, and social identity. These pages offer a keen grasp of the undeniable political contexts of education.

Author : Patrick M. Jenlink,Faye Hicks Townes
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607091080

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The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools by Patrick M. Jenlink,Faye Hicks Townes Pdf

The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools examines cultural recognition and the struggle for identity in America's schools. In particular, the contributing authors focus on the recognition and misrecognition as antagonistic cultural forces that work to shape, and at times distort identity. What surfaces throughout the chapters are two lessons to be learned in relation to identity. The first lesson is that identities and the acts attributed to them are always forming and re-forming in relation to historically specific contexts, and these contexts are political in nature, i.e., defined by issues of diversity such as race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, gender, and economics. The second lesson presented by the authors is that identity forms in and across intimate and social contexts, over long periods of time. The historical timing of identity formation cannot simply be dictated by discourse. The identities posited by any particular discourse become important and a part of everyday life based on the intersection of social histories and social actors. Importantly, the social-cultural use of identities leads to another way of conceptualizing histories, personhoods, cultures, and their distributions over social and political groups.

Author : Chandra Crane
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830848065

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Mixed Blessing by Chandra Crane Pdf

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award "So what are you?" Chandra Crane knows what it's like to get that question. She has a Thai birth father, a European American mother, and an African American father who adopted her when she was five. With this mixed multiethnic and multicultural background, she has keenly felt the otherness of never quite fitting in. Where do people of mixed ethnicity belong? Those of us with multiethnic backgrounds may have pain surrounding our mixed heritage. But we also have the privilege and potential to serve the Lord through our unique experiences. Crane explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling. Discover the fullness of who you are. Find out how your mixed identity can be a blessing to yourself and to the world around you.

Author : Lola Romanucci-Ross,George A. De Vos,Takeyuki Tsuda
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0759109737

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Ethnic Identity by Lola Romanucci-Ross,George A. De Vos,Takeyuki Tsuda Pdf

In this thoroughly revised fourth edition with ten new chapters. Lola Romanucci-Ross and her co-authors provide thought-provoking discussions on the importance of ethnicity in different cultural and social contexts. They outline how social change as a result of interethnic conflict is a reality of human history and of modern times. Individual chapters propose that the history of social life in different cultures is a continual rhythm of conflict and accommodation between groups, both external and internal. The authors focus on the key topics of changing ethnic and national identities; migration and ethnic minorities; ethnic ascription versus self-definitions; and shifting ethnic identities and political control. There are chapters covering ethnic identities in Africa (including Zaire and South Africa). Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United States, and the former Yugoslavia. This new survey will serve as an excellent text for courses in race and ethnic relations, anthropology, and ethnic studies. Book jacket.

Author : Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295805368

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Margins and Mainstreams by Gary Y. Okihiro Pdf

In this classic book on the meaning of multiculturalism in larger American society, Gary Okihiro explores the significance of Asian American experiences from the perspectives of historical consciousness, race, gender, class, and culture. While exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, Okihiro argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, women, and the gay and lesbian community. Those groups in their struggles for equality, have helped to preserve and advance the founders’ ideals and have made America a more democratic place for all.

Author : Anika Götje
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638714716

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Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity in Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex" by Anika Götje Pdf

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,5, University of Hannover (Englisches Seminar), 36 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Instead of investigating the most obvious aspect of the novel, namely gender identity, this work focuses on the ethnic novel Middlesex with its particular interpretation of ethnicity and ethnic identity. These assumed marginal aspects are of unique importance when it comes to their relationship with the main theme of the book - gender identity. The concept of Greekness in the novel is not just a side effect or accidentally connected to the hermaphrodite story: the connection is clear as the hermaphrodite myth goes back to the Greeks. What Americanness means to the protagonist and the individual characters in the novel; whether they would see themselves as hyphenated Americans or not are questions tangled in this paper. Middlesex is a novel that overflows with different notions of ethnic representation, ethnic identity, ethnic struggle and self-fashioning. Identity is nothing fixed but always changing as it is subject to choice and self-invention. Eugenides depicts an overarching concept of the new man/woman in the sense that the hermaphrodite Zora's statement "'Because we're what's next.'" (552) is the central message.

Author : Stephen Spencer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134266395

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Race and Ethnicity by Stephen Spencer Pdf

Examines the shifting meanings of 'race' and ethnicity and the essential concepts. From Marxist views to post-colonialism, this book investigates the attendant debates, issues and analyses within the context of global change. It uses international case studies to explain the difficult elements of theory and focuses on everyday life issues.

Author : Isabel Quintero
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781935955948

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Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Pdf

Gabi’s a girl in pieces. She wants a lot of things. Will she find the thing she needs most?

Author : Ritu Bhasin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Authenticity (Philosophy)
ISBN : 177501620X

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The Authenticity Principle by Ritu Bhasin Pdf

In a society that pushes conformity, how can you be courageously authentic despite fear of judgment? Award-winning leadership and diversity expert Ritu Bhasin gives you the tools to make this happen. This is more than a call to "be yourself"-it's a rally to disrupt the status quo, bring your differences to the light, and help others do the same.

Author : Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789206425

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The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe by Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé Pdf

Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of radically diverse kinds of identity politics, including anti-migrant, anti-Roma, anti-Muslim and anti-establishment movements, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated. In part, the contributors argue, the answer lies in a movement beyond classic identity politics and any opposition between essentialism and constructivism.