From Ethnic to Interethnic: The Case for Identity Adaptation and Transformation

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dc.contributor.authorYoung Yun Kim
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:33:31Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:02Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:33:31Z
dc.date.issued2006-09-01
dc.description.abstractThe academic literature for the past several decades suggests an increased tendency to conceive “ethnic identity” as an a priori and morally inviolable human condition exclusively attributed to a social group identified by birth or ascription. Paralleling this trend is a gradual shift toward a more pluralistic ideology of interethnic relations and toward a greater emphasis on political activism in social research. In this historical context, the article identifies two interrelated problematics in the prevailing pluralistic conceptions of ethnic identity: positivity bias and oversimplification. These problematic aspects are examined against the well-documented individual and situational variations in ethnic identity. As a way to counterbalance and complement the pluralistic conceptions, a theoretical account for the process of identity transformation is offered. This dynamic theory highlights the experiences of many individuals who, through their communication activities of crisscrossing ethnic boundaries, have moved beyond the perimeters of a single ethnic category in their identity orientations.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationKim, Y. Y. (2006). From Ethnic to Interethnic: The Case for Identity Adaptation and Transformation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 25(3), 283-300. doi: 10.1177/0261927x06289429en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0261927x06289429en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25032
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Language and Social Psychology
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectadaptationen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectidentity transformationen_US
dc.subjectinterethnic identityen_US
dc.titleFrom Ethnic to Interethnic: The Case for Identity Adaptation and Transformationen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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