two or more genetic streams”, she explains, comes a new "mestiza consciousness", which is forced to face the confusion of identity not only physically, but racially, culturally, biologically and ideologically. For Anzaldua, this deep pain stems from having to live a life of division do to the
mediating the effect of symbolic threat and realistic threat on the belief turned out to be contingent upon the level of identity subversion, such that this mediation effect was significant only among Muslim participants with high identity subversion. Theoretical implications The finding in this study that emotion of dejection-agitation mediated the effect of symbolic threat and realistic threat on anti-West conspiracy theories was in support of the model of integrated threat theory (ITT : Stephan
Hassan, he talked about multiple identities that prevailed in the society and his perspective was similar to that which Ishtiaq Ahmed said in his article “Pakistan’s National Identity”. There are three identities which overlap one another; regional identity, identity as a territorial state and an Islamic identity. The regional identities which prevailed in the society were much older than the national identity.
the South African state police at Lonmim Marikana. This essay aims to explain how the Social Identity Theory accounts for the violence in South African communities, with particular reference to the Marikana massacre. I am going to explain the concept of identity and show that the Social Identity Theory is useful in explaining violence in South African communities. According to the theory, a social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s). Tajfel (1979) proposed
Self-esteem is typically refers to as an overall sense of worthiness and importance of the self (Rosenberg, 1965). During the period of adolescence, individuals undergo substantial biological, psychological and social changes, and their newly developed cognitive abilities enable them to construct a more complicated self-identity (Harter, 1993; Gecas & Burke, 1995). Global self-esteem can indicates adolescents’ positive or negative evaluation towards the self under these changes. In fact, self-esteem
An immigrant is one who comes to live in a foreign country or a region. While diaspora is collective term for people from same origin, the term immigrant is used collectively for all those come to live in a common destination country or region and settle there forever. For example people who come and settle in USA from other countries constitute immigrant population of USA. Frequently diaspora or immigrants may acquire the citizenship of the host country, leading to change in their nationality
need to further Singapore’s capitalist agenda. With the ever increasing acceleration of innovation for the purpose of consumption, Singapore has resorted to discarding old buildings that serve no practical purpose in the management of one’s current identity (Connerton, 2008). Therefore, forgetting as planned obsolescence is seen as an essential ingredient in the production of the capitalist
in the construction, conquest and preservation of identities. Kincaid’s identity seems to lie at the core of “In History”. Names function as a principal
A. A large and growing body of literature recognizes the importance of community development in the context of modern Irish society and also the global arena. Although this field of study is constituency characterized by explicit activities, the underpinning rationale of engagement is commonly complex and multidimensional (Geoghegan and Powell, 2004, p.149). Geoghegan and Powell (2004) seek to identify the activities of community development and the values that underpin such activities within the
Vietnam War as a collective memory in the American society. Specifically, the main focus will be on how the remembrance of the Vietnam