since the late seventies the german literary scene has witnessed a rising presence of german writers of foreign extraction examining their intercultural experiences on pivotal topics like refugees, schism, alienation, identity crises, and social and cultural conflicts. this paper deals with the method of presentation of the conflicts and problems related to culture, society and identity as depi...

It has been taken for granted that a very unique Macao identity has been evolving after more than 450 years of Portuguese rule and cultural influence. Quantitative research, however, shows that in fact the majority of the Macao people are identifying themselves as Chinese. This paper analyzes the evolution of Macao’s identity along the lines of the ethno-cultural versus civic identity theoretic...

This article examines the role that women’s cultures and communities have played in political protest and social change. We argue that women’s cultures, which form around the reproductive roles, labor, and emotional expectations placed on women, have been used to express femininity and as cultural resources or ‘‘toolkits’’ to transform male-dominated spheres of society. We begin by defining wom...

This article reports a case study about the process experienced by Japanese International students (JIs) in a suburban high school. The study examined the relation between schooling, multiculturalism and cultural identity. The research explored cultural identity as the outcome of contest: an ideological struggle over values, practices and cultural identity. The major findings of the study were ...

With regard to the close relationship existed between the dominant discourse and national identity, the present article undertakes to conduct, with the method of survey and the help of questionnaire, a research with the aim of understanding the degree of national identity among Kurd's young people and its relationship to the sense of social justice. The statistical population of this research c...

This paper explores the transformative potential of cultural change in one locale for other cultural worlds, examining how participants in a particular cultural transformation may become influential when positioned as strategic agents in other contexts. A collaborative action research study in teacher education is described, in which mature-age trainee teachers of technology studies (who had pr...