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Choosing Ethnic Identity" explores the ways in which people are
able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic
societies such as the USA and Britain. Notions such as adopting an
identity, or self-designated terms, such as Black British and Asian
American, suggest the importance of agency and choice for
individuals. However, the actual range of ethnic identities
available to individuals and the groups to which they belong are
not wholly under their control. These identities must be negotiated
in relation to both the wider society and coethnics. The ability of
minority individuals and groups to assert or recreate their own
self-images and ethnic identities, against the backdrop of ethnic
and racial labelling by the wider society, is important for their
self-esteem and social status.
This book examines the ways in which ethnic minority groups and
individuals are able to assert and negotiate ethnic identities of
their choosing, and the constraints structuring such choices. By
drawing on studies from both the USA and Britain, Miri Song
concludes that while significant constraints surround the
exercising of ethnic options, there are numerous ways in which
ethnic minority individuals and groups contest and assert
particular meanings and representations associated with their
ethnic identities.
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