scholarly journals The Dynamics of “Ethnic Boundary”: In the Identity of the Tengger Community of Madurese Descent

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 44-67
Author(s):  
Retno Suratri ◽  
Jajang Gunawijaya
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Boundary

From Pagan to Pullo: ethnic identity change in northern Cameroon

Africa ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Identity Change ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Northern Cameroon ◽  
Group Change ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThis paper explores the nature of ethnic identity in the small town of Guider in northern Cameroon. It focuses on the process of ethnic identity change, specifically upon the incorporation into the Fulbe (sing. Pullo) ethnic group of individuals who originate outside it. Ethnic group change of this kind is not unknown in Africa (see Little, 1951; Richards, 1954; Banton, 1957; Wallerstein, 1960; Burnham, 1972; Salamone, 1975; Nicolas, 1975; Vaughan, 1981). The data in this study contribute to a growing body of literature concerned with ethnic boundary crossing, but, I shall argue, they suggest that we re-examine certain widely held assumptions about ethnicity and the process of ethnic assimilation.

Ethnicity and “Muslim fraternity”

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Gülay Türkmen
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Sociological Literature ◽  
Boundary Making ◽  
Kurdish Conflict

The chapter begins by introducing the case with the help of vignettes from the field. After setting the stage for the empirical puzzle, it goes on to the theoretical framework and situates the research question in the broader debates on religion and conflict, paying specific attention to religion’s role as a conflict resolution tool. It then ties these debates to the sociological literature on identity formation and ethnic boundary making and introduces the fourfold typology of religious and ethnic identities in the Kurdish conflict. To elaborate on the structural changes that have brought about these identity categories it turns to Bourdieusian field theory, discusses briefly the emergence of an autonomous religious field under the AKP, and familiarizes the reader with the actors in the political and religious fields in Turkey.

scholarly journals Ethnic boundary dynamics in immigrant entrepreneurship: a Barthian perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 757-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiel Verver ◽  
Carel Roessingh ◽  
David Passenier
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Entrepreneurship ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Boundary Dynamics

scholarly journals Variations of ethnic boundary significance in north Norway

Polar Record ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trond Thuen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Saami People ◽  
Integrative Effect ◽  
North Norway

ABSTRACTIn coastal north Norway the Saami people have lived in a close relationship with Norwegians or Norse people for a thousand years or more. This relationship has been articulated in various ways over the centuries, and this article argues that in parts of the region it took a rather intimate form based on the shared exploitation of the dominant marine and terrestrial niches, a common class position as tenant farmers, a varying practice of inter-ethnic marital relations and the effects of a bilateral kinship system. Various forms of inter-ethnic contact and exchange may thus have served to reduce the relevance of ethnic difference in daily life, as suggested by Barth's argument about the integrative effect of transactions, but contrary to his argument about the transactional reinforcement of ethnic boundaries. Contrary to the intention, governmental assimilatory efforts served to reproduce the boundary as the basis for a ranked society and left coastal Saami individuals in some confusion as to how to define themselves, often opting for a mixed category of Norwegian and Saami, labelled ‘Northerner’. Ethno-political emancipation in recent years has tended to put pressure on this identity construction and promoted a dichotomised identity as either Saami or Norwegian.

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