Ethnic identity and social context

2010 ◽  
pp. 189-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context

scholarly journals 2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical context, rhetoric, and ethnicity

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Duling
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Rhetorical Criticism ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Partition Theory ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
High Conflict ◽  
Ethnic Heritage

In this article historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul’s boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22. Partition theory helps to establish the historical/social context that 2 Corinthians 10-13 is a fragment of the “tearful letter,” which represented the low point (high conflict) of Paul’s relations with the Corinthians. Rhetoric – the theatrical “Fool’s Speech,” which contains irony, self-praise, and comparison – helps to understand Paul’s boastful argumentation in his selfdefence; and ethnicity theory helps to interpret Paul’s construction of his ethnic identity. Paul boasted of his ethnicity by taking up rhetorical comparison and self-praise. But he did so in the so-called “Fool’s Speech”, which is full of irony: his ethnic heritage was part of his argument that he was equal to that of his opponents, but – here is the chief irony – his ethnicity “in the flesh” ultimately meant nothing to him.

scholarly journals Exploring Intersections of Employment and Ethnicity Amongst British Pakistani Young Men

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasmita Ramji
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Pakistanis

This article draws upon research conducted amongst young British Pakistani men in Lancashire to explore how different boundaries of British Pakistani identity are being constructed. It focuses on the significance of employment within Pakistani men's inter and intra-ethnic peer group relations and the ways in which the social dynamics that underlie those relations provide the context for understanding the particular nature and form that ethnicity takes. It does this through the narratives of professional and non-professional men. The article has two aims, firstly it seeks to contribute to the literature on understanding ethnic identity by looking at boundaries as they manifest themselves and suggesting one way in which ethnicity can be understood within a specific social context. Secondly, in so doing it hopes to extend research focus on British Pakistanis away from conventional agendas.

The Importance of Ethnic Identity: Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement of Second-Generation Greeks in Secondary School

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastassios Stalikas ◽  
Efie Gavaki
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

One of the variables that has recently attracted the attention of researchers is that of ethnicity. However, most studies have been conducted in an American social context and with populations prominent in the USA. Very few studies have been conducted to examine ethnicity in a Canadian context and with an ethnic group that is prominent in Canada. This study has been conducted to examine the relationship between ethnic identity, self-esteem, and academic achievement in second-generation Greek-Canadian secondary schoolchildren. The results indicated that a strong and positive relationship exists between the three variables and that a positive ethnic identity is related to better self-esteem and higher academic achievement. Implications for schools, education, and policy are discussed.

Ethnic Identity and Change in Social Context

1999 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Saylor ◽  
Elizabeth Aries
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context

“Reelizing” Arab and Jewish Ethnicity in Mexican Film

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-280
Author(s):  
Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Mexican History ◽  
Mexican Film ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Jewish Immigrants ◽  
Middle Eastern Immigrants

As a historian of Mexican history who studies Middle Eastern immigrants to Mexico in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, I have approached the topic of ethnic film with both trepidation and great interest. Attuned to the historiography of what and who is Mexican, I view the filmsEl baisano JalilandNovia que te veafor their representations of ethnic difference and suggestions of a multicultural Mexico. Here, I wish to explore how these films not only show the presence of immigrant groups in the cultural fabric of Mexico, but also how the films demonstrate that public discourses (via film) can enhance scholarly understanding of multiculturalism. My purpose is to make a discrete intervention in Mexican historiography by underscoring the importance of film in conceptualizing the dimensions of ethnic identity. I suggest that these films are rooted in a particular Mexican social context in which both Arab and Jewish immigrants have been able to manipulate the ambiguities of what it means to be Mexican.

scholarly journals Reading Hebrews through Akan ethnicity and social identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Kissi ◽  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Akan people of Ghana have concepts of ethnicity and social identity which are similar to those found in the Mediterranean world, which find expression in the issues addressed in the letter to the Hebrews. This similarity makes the reading of Hebrews in light of Akan ethnicity and social identity possible, giving one the expected meaning from the perspective of those concepts as within the original context of the audience. This article therefore discusses some theories on ethnicity and social identity as well as the Akan people of Ghana and their concepts of ethnicity and social identity. It further explains the social context of the letter of Hebrews against which Hebrews is then read in light of Akan ethnicity and social identity. The focus of this reading is on how the ethnic identity of the readers presented in Hebrews enhances the social identity of the readers and provides the means by which the author’s appeal to his readers for their faithfulness to God becomes meaningful and urgent.

The Makings of a Tribe: Bondei Identities and Histories

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Willis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Considerable Effect ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship

Since the mid-nineteenth century, there have been several changes in the paradigms of ethnic identity in the area around the modern town of Muheza in north-eastern Tanzania. Such differing tribal schemas have been correlated with differing presentations of history, and today several varying ideas of identity and history coexist. This correlation, and coexistence, suggest that all discussions of history and identity are negotiations, in which individuals attempt to present ethnicity and history in ways which they perceive as consonant with their own interests: the creation of identity, and of history, is thus a process in which all are involved. In such discussions, both immediate situation and wider social context influence how people talk about their ethnic identity and their history, so that political and economic changes have had considerable effect in reshaping identity, and thus history, in the area. The relationship between identity and interest is, however, a two-way process. Peoples' own previous understanding of identity and history may in turn affect their perception of their interests, so that the process is recursive, reacting back on itself: people are able to redefine themselves according to their interests, but this redefinition builds on previous constructs of history and identity.

scholarly journals Ethnic Identity and Patriotism in Adolescents: The Role of Age, Group Status and Social Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-783
Author(s):  
Jasmina Tomašić Humer ◽  
Dinka Čorkalo Biruški ◽  
Tea Pavin Ivanec
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Group Status ◽  
National Attachment

The aim of this study was to examine age differences of minority and majority adolescents regarding ethnic identity, in-group bias (as a form of ethnic attachment), and constructive and blind patriotism (as a form of national attachment). The study was conducted in four multi-ethnic contexts in Croatia: Croatian-Czech, Croatian-Hungarian, Croatian-Serbian and Croatian-Italian. The results of N = 924 students of primary (sixth, seventh and eighth grade) and secondary (second, third and fourth grade) schools were analysed. The average age was M = 14.99, SD = 2.17 years. Younger pupils express higher levels of ethnic identity and blind patriotism, whereas constructive patriotism was more expressed in older students. There were no age differences in in-group bias. Minority pupils exhibit lower levels of bias, while majority members are more prone to bias in the Croatian-Serbian and Croatian- -Hungarian contexts. Furthermore, majority pupils are more willing to express constructive, but also blind patriotism.

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