Commonwealth of Nations

national identity has been highlighted through a significant part of culture, namely, sport (Bairner, 2008). According to Oxford Dictionaries, national identity is ‘A sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture and language’. Particularly, it is a sense of belonging to a nation or state (Bairner, 2003) although there are controversial arguments on the concept. As Edensor (2007) point out, national performance produced in modern sport may be the most…

Nationalism is a topic that I have learned a decent amount about in the past. When I was an undergraduate I minored in Sociology in addition to majoring in History. In three of my sociology courses, Race and Ethnic Relations, Urban Sociology, and Political Sociology, nationalism was a subject discussed within the context of the main theme of the course. Therefore, I had a good understanding of the topic before reading both Imagined Communities and Black London. Both books, however, not only…

For most people, the word dentist comes with a negative connotation. Rather it be from the excruciating pain, expensive bills, or just an overall inconvenience, the dentist is not liked by the majority of individuals. However, dentist’s play an important role in today’s society. My experience with the dentist has always been a positive one due to my oral hygiene being so well. I aspire to be a dentist so I can eliminate the negative emotions that people feel when they think about going to the…

being made equal to the Europeans. This blending of cultures can be seen in Fadma Amrouche’s writing as she was brought off to a French boarding school and had experienced the education that was being taught in Franc and across Europe in different nations. She and her classmates not only received French names but also sang songs as seen here: “while we sang ‘Auprès de ma blonde’, and ‘Anne of Brittany in her clogs’.” (Primary Source Document #2). With the forcing of these cultures on the African…

Ethnicity, race, and nationalism are interrelated. We cannot define one concept without elaborating how the other concept plays a crucial role to shape up its agenda. Such as, Nationalism derives from ethnic beliefs, and from cultural religious similarities. Nationalism deliberately supports it 's deeply enrooted believes towards ethnicity. However, race plays a significant role to distinguish the differences between ethnicity and race itself. Due to that, people feel a sense of identity, in…

Geographic Areas: The population is mostly rural, concentrated in the rice growing areas of the central, northeastern, and northern regions. However, as Thailand continues to industrialize, its urban population - 31.1% of total population, principally in the Bangkok area is continually growing. iv. Migration rates and patterns: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 populations (2006 EST.) v. Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% III. ECONOMIC STATISTICS AND ACTIVITY: 1 Thai Baht = 0.0273059164…

Americans all over the nation have become far too accustomed to the big blue corporate stores; know as Wal-Mart, they are incapable of seeing the damage caused by the corporate Wal-Mart, which ultimately impacts all social classes. Thus, many citizens are incapable of surviving without one-stop stores like Wal-Mart. This is a big issue because Wal-Mart is the main good-provider in the U.S. This movie poster effectively utilizes imagery by using pathos to portray Wal-Mart as the middle class…

denied, which forced the Kurds to adopt another language, which made the preservation of their ethnic identity difficult (Withman, 1993: 37). An ethnic group can also actively change aspects of their ethnicity. This happened in the 1960’s when the Hausa traders in Nigeria converted en masse to a Stufi sect called Tijaniyya to justify a separate Hausa quarter (Joirnema, 2003: 38). A particular part of an ethnic identity or the identity as whole can bet strengthened or weakened or parts can get…

as the research the change that globalization brings to the continent of Africa and other nations. What we do know for sure is that globalization is brought about by the political views and economic standpoint of a nation, which many can argue is because of the western world’s involvement in affairs they don’t belong in. However the question remains is globalization and advantage or disadvantage to the nation it affects? Many voice their opinions in different ways; Kwame Anthony Appiah believes…

The interview aimed to address the question of what role language plays in the ethnic identities of second generation immigrants. While there is a broad body of work on the subject of migration and language spanning several fields, including population studies and sociolinguistics, much of the associated literature is based on quantitative studies. For instance, Rumbaut (2012) used survey data to examine immigrant families’ language retention rates, while Cherciov (2012) and Medvedeva (2012)…