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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity

01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.
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TL;DR: In this article, the American Philological Association published a survey of the state-of-the-art work in the field of philosophy with a focus on the first-person perspective.
Abstract: Copyright © 2001 by the American Philological Association. This article first appeared in Transactions of the American Philological Association 131 (2001) 289-296. Reprinted with permission by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an article that montrer que certains des clivages existent entre les different sequences funeraires se refletent dans les differentes traditions epiques de l’âge du fer ancien ou du debut de l'archaisme.
Abstract: On a souvent souligne la nature discursive de l’identite ethnique, et c’est en son nom que certains chercheurs ont elimine du champ d’investigation relatif a ce theme des pans entiers de la recherche comme les modes funeraires, au motif qu’ils reposeraient sur des donnees trop strictement archeologiques. Pourtant, les funerailles et les pratiques qui leur etaient associees ne pouvaient manquer de constituer un aliment a la parole, et particulierement a la parole poetique. Cet article cherche donc a montrer que certains des clivages existant entre les differentes sequences funeraires se refletent dans les differentes traditions epiques de l’âge du fer ancien ou du debut de l’archaisme.

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TL;DR: This paper explored the aspects of Greek students' ethnic identity in compulsory education and their association with the feeling of origin and the preservation of cultural elements, and concluded that an ambivalence emerges in the formation of ethnic identity, which highlights the acculturational osmosis of the islands in the North Aegean Sea, in an era of fluidity and social interdependencies that spread from local to global environment.
Abstract: Ethnic identity, as a symbolic construction, is structured through a complex and multi-faceted process, which is in constant evolution. From childhood to adolescence ethnic identity is shaped by experiences and representations, whereas the importance that children give in ethnic identity is growing year by year. The purpose of this paper is to explore the aspects of Greek students’ ethnic identity in compulsory education and their association with the feeling of origin and the preservation of cultural elements. The sample is composed of 327 students in Chios island. In conclusion, an ambivalence emerges in the formation of ethnic identity, which highlights the acculturational osmosis of the islands in the North Aegean Sea, in an era of ' fluidity ' and social interdependencies that spread from local to global environment.

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  • ...Ethnic identity is constructed mostly through speech, but it can also be enhanced with cultural elements (ritualistic behaviours etc.), while the use of language idioms is used as a symbol of ethnic identity (Hall, 1997, p. 184)....

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  • ...Hall, 1997) and refers to a common geographical-historical place, to common ancestral traditions and historical memories, to a common culture, common obligations and rights (Smith, 1991, p. 14), as well as to a collective imprinting of the subjectivity of "belonging" to a nation, having common…...

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TL;DR: The authors argue that the Priestly vision of ascribed membership in the entity Israel is framed by an essentialist mode of ethnic cognition which was widely diffused within Israelite society, and identify and isolate this particular brand of classificatory logic accounts not only for the persuasive potential of the dietary prohibitions themselves, but in the process challenges the theoretical status quo on ethnicity amongst biblical scholars.
Abstract: Through an engagement with the dietary prohibitions of Deuteronomy 14, this article seeks to provide a corrective to the dominance of constructivist perspectives within recent reconstructions of Israelite ethnic identity. Drawing upon research in the field of cognitive psychology and the work of Pierre Bourdieu, it argues that the Priestly vision of ascribed membership in the entity Israel is framed by an essentialist mode of ethnic cognition which was widely diffused within Israelite society. The identification and isolation of this particular brand of classificatory logic accounts not only for the persuasive potential of the dietary prohibitions themselves, but in the process challenges the theoretical status quo on ethnicity amongst biblical scholars.

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  • ...Thus while Hall’s dictum that “in order to understand the ethnic group one must learn how the ethnic group understood itself” (Hall 1997: 185) may well remain axiomatic for all explorations of identity, one must preface it with the cautionary note that ethnic common sense such as that revealed in…...

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01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.
Abstract: Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood. With his central concept of the habitus, the principle which negotiates between objective structures and practices, Bourdieu is able to transcend the dichotomies which have shaped theoretical thinking about the social world. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. With detailed study of matrimonial strategies and the role of rite and myth, he analyses the dialectical process of the 'incorporation of structures' and the objectification of habitus, whereby social formations tend to reproduce themselves. A rigorous consistent materialist approach lays the foundations for a theory of symbolic capital and, through analysis of the different modes of domination, a theory of symbolic power.

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01 Jan 1973
TL;DR: The INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ Books files are available at the online library of the University of Southern California as mentioned in this paper, where they can be used to find any kind of Books for reading.
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01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.
Abstract: The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.

816 citations