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  1. 1. The Importance of Being Ethnic: A Study of Ethnic Optionality amongst Swedish Second and Third Generation European Immigrants

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Författare :Peter Schwartz; [2016]
    Nyckelord :social anthropology; ethnicity; identity; Sweden; symbolic ethnicity; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This Bachelor’s thesis examines the individual motivations behind shaping an ethnic identity in order to become interesting to oneself and others. Through understanding how people shape an ethnic identity, what values lie beneath, and placing it into the context of postmodern demands on the identity, this study argues that an ethnic identity may serve a purpose of generating cultural capital and social status. LÄS MER