ANTH 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Imagined Communities, Imagined Community, Melting Pot
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Two half-brothers (with a ghanaian father and german mothers) both played in the world cup: one played for germany while the other played for ghana. Significance: nationality is not easily defined and is flexible. English ethnic identity is complicated by its membership in the united. Kingdom: nonetheless, nationalism and ethnic identity reemerges on the soccer field. Significance: identity can change in different situations. The french team decided to strike against practicing due to offensive, ethnic comments: the identity of a french person is changing with increased immigration. Significance: ethnic and national identity cannot easily be defined. Ethnicity as identity: ethnicity: a sense of historical, cultural, and sometimes ancestral connection to a group of people who are imagined to be distinct from those outside the group. Ethnic identity is not easily documentable- it is perceived and felt: even with increased globalization, ethnicity seems to be flourishing.
