Constructing an ethnic identity: Brazilian immigrants in Boston, Mass

Article Abstract:

Among the elements of the construction of ethnic identity are contact with the other and its establishment as a multifaceted flow which is subject to different negotiations in accordance with the interactive context. In the case of Brazilian immigrants in the US, temporal factors are also important in the creation of their ethnic identity. Brazilian immigrants in Boston, MA, constructed their self-image on a number of stereotypes such as Brazilians as hard workers and Brazilians as communicative and affectionate.

Social aspects, Immigrants, Brazilians, Brazilians in the United States

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Identity and competence: The use of culture in the interpretation of sexual images

Article Abstract:

Cultural sociology tends to ignore the role of identities in interpretation, and it is argued that both identities and competencies influence interpretation. An analysis of how a group of 307 undergraduate students interpreted the photograph of an individual masturbating is presented, and the findings suggest that a simple aggregation of variation in interpretations does not always generate culture war, but active intervention on the part of politicized actors might be needed to produce cultural polarization.

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Unraveling the brow: what and how of choice in musical preference

Article Abstract:

The relationship between class and taste was focused in the research conducted though the long-standing practice in sociological research was relating social position and cultural disposition and also the musical preference data is examined. The findings and the elaboration of the notion of dual basis of taste help to put some of the theoretical as well as empirical issues in the field in perspective.

Evaluation, Sociological research

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