There are approximately 630,000 North and South Koreans living in Japan. Today, 90 per cent of the Korean children in Japan go to public and private Japanese schools, and the remaining 10 per cent go to Korean schools. Some schools, mostly in the Kansai area, give classes for Korean students after regular school lessons are finished. These ethnic studies were offered as a measure against discri...

In a recent series of articles, Hislope (1998, 2000) and Harvey (2000a, 2000b) have raised questions about the usefulness of “evolutionary theory” especially for any purpose other than identifying “distal” causes of ethnic phenomena. This article responds to those views and argues that evolutionary psychology shows great promise in contributing to the explanation of contemporary ethnic identiti...

The article offers a nuanced account of how identities are negotiated and contested in South Sudan, by focusing on Murle ŋalam were deployed different ways places overlapping periods during time armed conflict. As such, it explores the interplay between political violence instrumental deployment ethnicity. Focusing 2012–2014 period war Sudan's government largely rebellion, unpacks longstanding ...

Abstract Using survey data on school classes in four European countries, we study how the social relations and identities of adolescents develop depending degree to which ethnic gender boundaries align with each other. Minority students will have mostly same-ethnic friends, find, when classmates different origins tend be opposite sex as well. Within such local topographies boundaries, minority ...

Using data from the European Social Survey on most EU countries, we look at the relationship between ethnic identity, segregation and employment prospects, as well as at the individual characteristics associated with a strong ethnic identity. Different measures of ethnic identity are considered. We find that a strong attachment to ethnic customs and traditions seems to be associated with a lowe...

This study discusses Arab diasporic women living in the ethnic communities Western societies Hanan Al-Shaykh’s The Occasional Virgins (2015). novel shows how different and multiple types of oppression affect women's life respond to such situations. It also traces resistance patriarchy their native culture challenges adaptation new country. Furthermore, comes across significant role homeland–mem...

In order to explore how ethnic minorities in China reshape their perception of themselves today, I conducted field research K Village southwest China. this anthropological about village which has a majority Yi minorities, did in-depth interviews, discourse analysis, and participatory observance examine the conflicts between three different identities, tensions behind contemporary society, histo...

The present study focuses on the negotiation of identities Kwee Thiam Tjing, author Indonesia dalem Api dan Bara ‘Indonesia Fire and Charcoals’. Our aims to investigate ways in which he responds others’ positioning repositions himself fit a particular circumstance under certain dominant power. results show five domains that may be subject negotiation: linguistic, ethnic, cultural, role, social ...