How to conceptualise a postmodern unterstanding of identity in relation to 'Race'

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Christoph Behrends ISBN: 9783638885720
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: January 4, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Christoph Behrends
ISBN: 9783638885720
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: January 4, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,5, University of Leicester (Department of Sociology), course: Identity and Society, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The issue about 'race' is still of great significance in today's societies. Recent incidents like racist slurs at football games show how deep racist tendencies are still embedded in people's minds - in spite of consistent awareness raising and information. However, these examples show only the peak of racist tendencies. Racial imagery in media and arts is central to the organisation of the modern world (Dyer 1997: 1). Furthermore, the scientific 'foundation' of theories of 'race' continues to be a disputed question for biology as well as for the social sciences (Lang 2000: x). This essay is about the implications of the term 'race' and the coherence of 'race' and identity. It implements a postmodern approach to the understanding of identity and applies this concept to the representation of 'the other' in a recent newspaper article.

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Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,5, University of Leicester (Department of Sociology), course: Identity and Society, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The issue about 'race' is still of great significance in today's societies. Recent incidents like racist slurs at football games show how deep racist tendencies are still embedded in people's minds - in spite of consistent awareness raising and information. However, these examples show only the peak of racist tendencies. Racial imagery in media and arts is central to the organisation of the modern world (Dyer 1997: 1). Furthermore, the scientific 'foundation' of theories of 'race' continues to be a disputed question for biology as well as for the social sciences (Lang 2000: x). This essay is about the implications of the term 'race' and the coherence of 'race' and identity. It implements a postmodern approach to the understanding of identity and applies this concept to the representation of 'the other' in a recent newspaper article.

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