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According to the text, what is identity?
According to the text, what is identity?
Identity is about belonging, about what you have in common with some people and what differentiates you from others.
What are stereotypes?
What are stereotypes?
Stereotypes are lively but simplistic representations that reduce individuals to a range of exacerbated and generally negative characteristics, through processes of symbolic power.
What factors have contributed to the recognition of identities that contradict stereotypes?
What factors have contributed to the recognition of identities that contradict stereotypes?
Factors such as diaspora, transnationalization of economy and culture, globalization, migration, emigration and immigration, and cultural hybridization have contributed to the recognition of identities that contradict stereotypes.
Identity is about belonging, about what you have in common with some people and what differentiates you from others. At its most basic it gives you a sense of personal location, the stable core to your individuality.
Identity is about belonging, about what you have in common with some people and what differentiates you from others. At its most basic it gives you a sense of personal location, the stable core to your individuality.
Social factors have an impact on our sense of identity in a complex variety of ways.
Social factors have an impact on our sense of identity in a complex variety of ways.
Stereotypes are lively but simplistic representations that reduce individuals to a range of exacerbated and generally negative characteristics, through processes of symbolic power.
Stereotypes are lively but simplistic representations that reduce individuals to a range of exacerbated and generally negative characteristics, through processes of symbolic power.
In today’s world, we recognize identities that contradict stereotypes and go well beyond the borders of the nation state.
In today’s world, we recognize identities that contradict stereotypes and go well beyond the borders of the nation state.
Culture exists only when its actors take it to the stage. Therefore, we have to reject those static interpretations that reduce culture to a closed and definite text, with a single reading and an absolute value.
Culture exists only when its actors take it to the stage. Therefore, we have to reject those static interpretations that reduce culture to a closed and definite text, with a single reading and an absolute value.
