Ap Human Geo Ch. 5 Vocab

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identity

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Defined by Gillin Rose as "how we make sense of ourselves"; how people see themselves at different scles

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idetifying against

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first define the others and then we define ourselves as not the others. One of the most powerful ways to construct an idetity

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race

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a constructed identity and is a perfect example of how identities are built. A combination of physical atrributes in a population

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Racism

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Concept of superiority attached to race

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Residential Segregation

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the degree to which two or more groups live seperately from oneanother in different parts of the urban enviroment

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Sense of place

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when constructing identities, part of what we do is infuse place with meaning by attaching memories and expeiriences to a place

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ethnicity

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an identity stems from the notion that people are closely bounded, even realated, in a certain place over time. Often considered natural because it implies ancient realtions among a people over time

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space

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defined by Doreen Massey and Pat Jess as "social relations streched out"

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place

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defined as "particular articulations of those social relations as they have come together, over time, in that particular location

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gendered

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places designe for women or for men

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queer theory

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a theory that highlights the contextual nature of opposition to the heteronomative and focuses on the political engagement of "Queers" with The heteronomative. The theory explains and inform our understandingof sexuality

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dowry deaths

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when a bride is brutally punished (after burned) or killed for her faher's failure to fufill a marriage agreement (dowry)

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barrioization

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a process where there is an ethnic succession of a neighboorhood, the cultural landsce changes to reflect the culture of the new population

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invasion and succesion

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a process where a new culture sucessfully takes over an old cultures neightborhood. buildings soon made to cater to the new population

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gnder

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a culture's assumptions about the differences between men and women, thier "characters", the roles they play in society and what they represent