ETHNIC IDENTITY, IMMIGRATION, AND WELL-BEING: AN INTERACTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ( 2001)
Jean S. Phinney is a psychology professor in the California State University.
Gabriel Horenczyk is a social psychologist in the University of Jerusalem who has conducted various studies on acculturation and cultural identity.
Karmela Liebkind is a senior professor in Social Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Paul Vedder is a professor in the Leiden University.
MAIN IDEAS
Acculturation as a two-dimensional process
Ethic identity and acculturation relationship
Four different acculturation strategies
Ethnis identity and national identity comparison
QUOTATIONS
´‘‘…the following two questions as a means of identifying strategies used by immigrants in dealing with acculturation: Is it considered to be of value to maintain one’s cultural heritage? Is it considered to be of value to develop relationships with the larger society?’’ (Phinney et al., 2001, p. 495)
’’By analogy with a
two-dimensional model of acculturation, ethnic identity and identity as a member
of one’s new society (“national” identity) can be thought of as two dimensions of
group identity that vary independently; that is, each identity can be either secure
and strong or undeveloped and weak.’’ (Phinney et al., 2001, p. 495)
TRUE AMERICAN : LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, AND THE EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN (2010)
Rosemary C. Salomone is a law professor in the St. John's University, School of Law.
MAIN IDEAS
Language and identity relationship
Importance of language for children of immigrant background
Political dimesion of language and identity
Minority languages at schools
QUOTATIONS
´‘‘Identity suggests one’s sense of belonging to a group, within a larger culture, united by shared customs, values, behavioral roles, language, and rules of social interaction tied to a common ancestry.’’ (Salomone, 2010, p. 70)
´‘‘Language and identity essentially “summon each other up” at the deepest levels.’’ (Salomone, 2010, p. 73)
BROKERED BOUNDARIES : CREATING IMMIGRANT IDENTITY IN ANTI-IMMIGRANT TIME (2010)
Douglas Steven Massey is an American sociologist. Massey is currently a professor of Sociology at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and is an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Magaly Sanchez is currently a Senior Researcher and Visiting Scholar at the Office of Population Research, at Princeton University
MAIN IDEAS
Assimilation is a two-way process
Boundry-blurring is an assimilation medium
Three basic inputs into the process of boundary-brokering and identity formation
Two basic processes of identify formation
QUOTATIONS
” Ultimately, then, assimilation is about the restructuring of group identities and the redefinition of social boundaries so that immigrants and their descendants are perceived and treated by natives as “us” rather than “them.”.” (Massey & Sánchez, 2010, p. 14)
” ...ethnic identities are thus formed through a complex interaction between processes of ascription (negative framing and boundary work undertaken by natives) and processes of self-definition (positive framing and boundary work done by immigrants).” (Massey & Sánchez, 2010, p. 14)