Ethnicity and Hybridity

Cards (6)

  • Hebdige
    Saw Rastafarianism as a political movement which is a form of resistance towards racism
  • Johal
    Some Asians adopt a 'hyper-ethnic style' which is an exaggerated form of their parent culture, including watching Asian films, listening to Asian music
  • Ethnocentric sociologists
    • Hebdige: there is a clear relationship between black styles of fashion, music and dance but these differences weren't explored in detail.
    • Cashmore: rap can be seen as a hybrid form, it has many styles and no point of origin. Rap culture has changed to be adapted for different cultures
  • Nayak
    White wannabes: young working class males who adopted the style of black culture
  • Vale and Juno
    Looked at modern primitives and found that body modifications are a reaction to the powerlessness they face by living in a fast changing world
  • Cultural Appropriation
    Hutnyk: the Western world strips meanings from symbols and uses them in a superficial way