Descriptor in English: | Social Construction of Ethnic Identity |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Construcción Social de la Identidad Étnica |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Construção Social da Identidade Étnica |
Descriptor in French: | Construction Sociale del'Identité Ethnique |
Entry term(s): |
Social Construction of Ethnicity |
Tree number(s): |
SP3.001.005.070.010.010 |
Scope note: | 1) The notion that ethnic identity formation is a developmental process that is shaped by the social context(s) in which it occurs and that differs for minority versus majority group members. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908006) 2) Location, income, gender, age, social class, family history, religion, nationality, etc construct one's identity. The built identities are not equally available or have equally values. (Adaptation of the definition for the more general concept, "Social Construction of Identity", of which the source is http://bit.ly/1DzWCBX) |
History Note: | 2018 |
DeCS UI: | 57390 |
Descriptor UI: | DDCS057390 |
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Social Construction of Ethnic Identity
- Preferred
Concept UI |
FD00062086 |
Scope note | 1) The notion that ethnic identity formation is a developmental process that is shaped by the social context(s) in which it occurs and that differs for minority versus majority group members. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908006) 2) Location, income, gender, age, social class, family history, religion, nationality, etc construct one's identity. The built identities are not equally available or have equally values. (Adaptation of the definition for the more general concept, "Social Construction of Identity", of which the source is http://bit.ly/1DzWCBX) |
Preferred term | Social Construction of Ethnic Identity |
Entry term(s) |
Social Construction of Ethnicity |
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