Identity Construction of Migrant Children and Representation of the Family

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koki Seki
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
The Family

Politics of Song

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Cathy Benedict
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
The Family ◽  
John Lennon

Music has always been intertwined with social movements. People use songs, and they are mediated by songs. Music shapes society, and society is shaped by music and musicking. Elementary students are more than able to grapple with concepts such as identity construction and representation in song. Music as protest, propaganda, and resistance is also well within their cognitive, if not visceral, understanding. This chapter serves to remind us that listening to and performing music can lead toward a heightened awareness of social inequities. With the help of John Lennon and Sly and the Family Stone, this chapter discusses the ways in which music gets used as well as what happens to musics that were intended for a socially driven purpose but become used in ways that undermine their previous social significance.

scholarly journals Elaboración y resignificación del álbum familiar a través del proyecto de creación en el duelo.

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Montse Morcate Casera
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
The Family ◽  
Object Of Study

La fotografía doméstica, con el álbum como símbolo del legado de la memoria familiar, ha constituido el reflejo de la construcción identitaria y del deseo por configurar una memoria visual en la que proyectar una visión idealizada de la familia. Sin embargo, en otros periodos, las imágenes que reflejaban la muerte, el dolor o la pérdida del entorno fueron aceptadas como parte importante de la memoria familiar. A pesar de que en la actualidad este ámbito de representación se está volviendo a hacer visible, especialmente en el terreno online, es a través del proyecto de creación como numerosos artistas hablan del duelo, la enfermedad o la muerte, visibilizándolos y normalizándolos. En este sentido, el artículo plantea como objeto de estudio dos posibles aproximaciones de este tipo de obras en los que se distingue la documentación de unnuevo episodio de la historia familiar frente a la deconstrucción y/o resignificado del propio archivo familiar. Este examen se complementa con el análisis de diversos proyectos de creación de la autora en los que se explora la memoria y la pérdida a través de la autorrepresentación y la transformación del álbum y la imagen familiar, tanto desde la teoría como en la práctica artística. Domestic photography, with the album as the symbol of the legacy of family memory, has been a reflection of the identity construction and the desire to configure a visual memory in which to project an idealized vision of the family. However, in other periods, images that reflected personal pain, loss or death were accepted as an important part of family memory. Although this field of representation is now becoming visible, especially in the online ground, it is through the art project that many artists talk about grief, disease or death, making these issues visible and normalizing them. In this sense, the object of study here proposed is to analyze two possible approaches in which one documents a new chapter of the family album whereas the second deconstructs and/or resignifies the actual family archive. Along with this proposal various projects by the author are presented in which memory and loss are explored through self-representation and the transformation of the album and the family image, both from theory and artistic practice.

Exploring language choice and identity construction in ‘in-between’ sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Rubino ◽  
Kenneth Cruickshank
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Language Choice ◽  
Language And Identity ◽  
Ethnic Media ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Linguistic Evidence ◽  
Language Alternation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Micro Level

Australian research on immigrant languages has paid little attention to interactional approaches to language alternation as identity construction, and sites other than the family and the mainstream school. We argue for the need of studies that take into account a wider range of sites, in particular ‘community’ sites, and adopt fine-grained approaches through micro-level data, to provide more linguistic evidence and support for findings identified using other strategies. Drawing on micro-sociolinguistic research conducted in Australia in the ethnic media and the community languages schools, we show how in these ‘in-between’ sites (Tsolidis & Kostogriz, 2008) language choice is often a matter of negotiation, and the issues of language use and identity tend to be foregrounded. We also address the questions of why these sites have been less researched and the value of findings from them in terms of language and identity research in multilingual contexts.

scholarly journals Living in a hamster wheel: Identity construction through hopes and terrors in Bong Joon-Ho’s 'Parasite'

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Lisa Octavia
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Perceptual Discrimination ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Close Textual Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Behavior

Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite (2019) has successfully depicted universal issues regarding class identity and social mobility. It tells us a story about a lower-class family, the Kims who aspired and struggled in their journey of climbing the social ladder. This research aims to explore the process of identity construction of the Kims. Close textual analysis is employed as a tool for investigation and Althusser’s ideological interpellation is used to explain the process. The research also focuses on the socio-cultural factors that influence the Kims’ social mobility which contribute to the permanence of their class identity. The findings found out that many symbolic markers such as differences in property, neighborhood, education, diet and behavior distinguish the lower- and upper-class families. Thus, interpellation occurs when the family is lured into believing the ‘American dream’: by working hard enough and taking more risks, it is possible to climb up the social hierarchy. It constructs their identity as a lower-class with aspirations to move upward. This study also concludes that the persistence of social immobility is highly influenced by the level of education, perceptual discrimination, the impossibility of cross-class marriage and the economic inequality. Therefore, it proves that class identity can be unfavorable inheritance.

scholarly journals Identity Construction in Adichies two texts Half of a Yellow Sun, and Purple Hibiscus

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Ruth Issack ◽  
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Seline Oketch ◽  
Antony Wasena
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Reader Response Theory ◽  
Pan Africanism ◽  
The Family

The study attempts to examine Identity construction in Adichies texts, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Purple Hibiscus (2003). The study was guided by the reader response theory. A critical reading of the texts has revealed that, every character in both texts has been struggling in constructing his/her identity. The study involved three aspects of identity, which included self, social, and national identity. All children in texts struggle to carve out their own identities through interaction with the environment through which they pass they through. Chimamanfa Adichie is also introducing the concept of social identity, where by the elite in Half of a Yellow Sun organizes to meet in Odenigbo house and share different ideas concerning Pan Africanism, tribalism, nation, and race. Likewise in Purple Hibiscus, the family of aunty Ifeoma with father Amadi helps Jaja and Kambili to build their social identity through interaction, and engaging them into different activities. National identity is also discussed in this study by involving both children and adult characters from the texts. Everyone is looking forward on possible ways in which they can put their hands together to bring harmony and peace in their country. Keywords: Identity, Construction, Adichies texts, Half, Yellow, Sun, Purple, Hibiscus.

scholarly journals Navigating the family business: A gendered analysis of identity construction of daughters

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulla Hytti ◽  
Gry Agnete Alsos ◽  
Jarna Heinonen ◽  
Elisabet Ljunggren
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Family Business ◽  
The Family

A Primary Prevention Programme for Migrant Children in a Queensland High School

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Barker ◽  
K. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
The Family

“To reveal one's own emotional state to someone outside of the family, such as a social worker, or psychiatrist, is foreign to the usual repertoire of responses of Asians when in need of psychological support.” This assertion, made by two Asian-American mental health workers, is supported by the authors, based upon their social work experience with Indo-Chinese refugees in Queensland.

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