Constructing Identities: The Ethno-National and Nationalistic Identities of White and Turkish Students in Two English Secondary Schools

Autor/in	Faas, Daniel
Titel	Constructing Identities: The Ethno-National and Nationalistic Identities of White and Turkish Students in Two English Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29 (2008) 1, S.37-48 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Working Class; Middle Class; Social Differences; Adolescents; Immigrants; Whites; Foreign Countries; Urban Areas; Interviews; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Conflict; Identification (Psychology); Secondary School Students; Turkey; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Mittelschicht; Sozialer Unterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; White; Weißer; Ausland; Urban area; Stadtregion; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Konflikt; Sekundarschüler; Türkei
Abstract	This article investigates how 15-year-old white and Turkish students in two Inner London comprehensive schools, one in a predominantly working-class area (Millroad School) and the other in a more middle-class environment (Darwin School), construct their identities. Drawing on mainly qualitative data from documentary sources, focus groups and semi-structured interviews, the work points to a range of factors affecting identity formation processes, such as macro-political approaches and school dynamics. The research found that at Millroad School, which celebrated diversity and where students' conflict was ethnic or racial, young people found safety in their national(istic) identities. In contrast, at Darwin where there was only low-level ethnic conflict, young people developed hybrid ethno-national identities. This article raises important questions about how to create community cohesion in conflictual environments so as to promote both diversity and solidarity. (Contains 1 table and 4 notes.) (Author).
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