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Cross-cultural analysis of 2. Racial classification is a reflection of social rather than
how different societies biological categories
classify race is likely to
result in:
In the analysis of identity, 2. Acquired over the course of a person's lifetime
what does the term
"achieved attributes" refer
to? They are identity
attributes...
Which of the following 4. Jewish person's avoidance of foods containing pork
represents the INTANGIBLE
marker of identity?
Why do some people of 4. Ta Moko designs are a symbol of what it means to be
Māori descent argue that Maori + reflective of the wearer's cultural, personal +
non-Māori people family history
SHOULD NOT regard Ta
Moko tattoo designs as
"free-to-use"?
Retraditionalisation in 2. Upsurge of groups in which symbols + customs are
context of contemporary revived to identify such groups as culturally distinct + as
SA refers to... being characterised by unique way of life
, After institution in 1994 of 3. Cultural identity
democratic government in
SA, which notion of identity
was used by chiefs in the
Sodwana are of
Maputaland to open up a
way to provide benefits to
members of their
chiefdoms
1. National identity
2. Transnational identity
3. Cultural identity
4. Racial identity
5. Religious identity
Which sums up the 1998 2. Regardless of whether migrants are legal/illegal they
Braamfontein Statement are entitled to the same basic human rights + protection
with reference to of the constitution as SA citizen
xenophobia in SA?
- competition between SAs + foreigners for resources
like housing + employment
- slow pace of service delivery + provision of housing by
SA government since 1994
Reasons for incidences of
- political + economic changes that produce
Xenophobia in SA:
unprecedented economic growth in SA following
transition to democracy in 1994
- need of some members of poor communities to find
someone to blame for their hardships
- ways in which people are excluded from being
accepted as members of particular class are sometimes
quite subtle
Class awareness / class
- just bc social scientists are able to classify people as
identity is:
belonging to different classes it doesn't mean that these
people will inevitable mobilise to defend their common
interests
- increased indebtedness of firms + households
- deepening inequality
Consequences of the
- more emphasis on short term profits + less on long-
process of financialisation:
term viability of companies
- an imperative for firms to increase their share prices