ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: List Of Newspapers In Greece
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Naturalizing discourses: the deliberate representation of particular identities (caste, class, race, ethnicity, & nation, for example) as if they were a result of biology or nature, rather than history or culture, making them appear eternal & unchanging. We ( us") belong to a nation, while they (the others", immigrants, outsiders, etc. ) are ethnic. Both categories are fluid & politically charged. Race, as a social category, always emphasizes physical features. Ethnicity may or may not emphasize physical features. Ethnicity: the quality or state of belonging to an ethnic group. Ethnic group: a named human population with origin myths, shared historical memories, shared elements of a common culture, & a sense of homeland. Wide circulation in the 1960s: decolonization people are thinking about what to do with artificial countries & their people. Ethnic groups were created through decolonization, minority/indigenous rights, & globalization. Ethnic groups: there is no us" without them", situational & strategic nature of membership, hierarchical ranking.
