The Categorical Meaning of Spanish American Identity among Blue-Collar New Mexicans, Circa 1983
| Autor: | Phillip B. Gonzales |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Linguistics and Language Social Psychology business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Ethnic group Poison control Identity (social science) 050109 social psychology 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences Anthropology Cultural diversity Trait Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Ideology business Categorical variable Social psychology Meaning (linguistics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 19:123-136 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6364 0739-9863 |
| Popis: | Many ethnic labels and attending ideological identities vie for acceptance among the Spanish surnamed people of the Southwest. Taking a historical approach, this article searchesfor the meanings that 50 blue-collar respondents in Albuquerque, New Mexico, attached in 1983 to theirpreference for the term Spanish American. A set of qualitative interviews reveals a lack of sure ideological or knowledgeable ethnic identity. To distinguish themselves from other groups, participants relied on surface trait characteristics (categorical awareness) rather than deep cultural differences. A combination of ethnicflux and class dynamics accounts for the lack of a full-fledged ethnic identity. |
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