Hybrid identities in a globalised world Marotta, Vince 2011, Hybrid identities in a globalised world. In Germov, John and Poole, Marilyn (ed), Public sociology : an introduction to Australian society, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W., pp.188-204. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Hybrid identities in a globalised world Author(s) Marotta, Vince orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-8834 Title of book Public sociology : an introduction to Australian society Editor(s) Germov, John Poole, Marilyn Publication date 2011 Chapter number 10 Total chapters 25 Start page 188 End page 204 Total pages 17 Publisher Allen & Unwin Place of Publication Crows Nest, N.S.W. Keyword(s) self-identity popular culture hybridity globalisation migrant youth Summary Sociology is interested in how identities are constructed and maintained, especially how gender, race, ethnicity and class impacts on self-identity and on our life chances. Who we are, how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us has increasingly led many social scientists to describe contemporary identities as hybrid. This might be defined at one level as the intermingling or mixture of people from different cultural backgrounds. Sociologists and other social theorists have argued over the last twenty years that individuals have multiple identities that cut across many group allegiances. Nevertheless, there are problems with the use of the term hybrid. For some, hybrid suggests some kind of ‘new cultural melting pot, in which crucial cultural differences are effaced and power relations obscured’ (Hynes 2000). For others it implies that something pure or authentic and of traditional value has been lost. These debates do not hide the fact that racial and cultural hybrid identities have been fuelled by globalizing and transnational processes. ISBN 9781742371450 Edition 2nd Language eng Field of Research 160803 Race and Ethnic Relations 160303 Migration 160806 Social Theory Socio Economic Objective 940111 Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare HERDC Research category BN Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin Copyright notice ©2011, Allen & Unwin Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30049722 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 03 Dec 2012, 15:35:28 EST Mon, 03 Dec 2012, 15:36:56 EST Tue, 04 Dec 2012, 09:03:31 EST Fri, 07 Dec 2012, 10:58:40 EST Fri, 07 Dec 2012, 11:28:09 EST Fri, 07 Dec 2012, 14:53:39 EST Fri, 07 Dec 2012, 14:55:08 EST Mon, 10 Dec 2012, 07:42:53 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:53:04 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:58:41 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 09:35:37 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 10:38:25 EST Tue, 29 Jul 2014, 18:20:22 EST Wed, 30 Jul 2014, 08:59:20 EST Wed, 30 Jul 2014, 09:00:56 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 20:19:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1597 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 03 Dec 2012, 15:35:06 EST by Vince Marotta