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Representations of Ethnicity


Four Key Themes in Racial Representations
  • exotic
  • dangerous
  • humorous
  • pitied
(Alvarado et al. 1987: 153)


Unity and Conflict

Conflict is often the binary opposition of ethnic groups and the wider society.

Unity is often an element of the representation of ethnicity, this hits a stereotype of ethnicity, that of close families and tight communities.

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