Essays on Ethnic Identity
The analysis part will be divided into two main sections. The first part will focus on Institutionalization of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia by first assessing the factors that led to its institutionalization, how its adaptation proliferated in terms of the ethno-nationalist Vs Nationalism nexus, power decentralization and its urban manifestation (focused on Addis Ababa). The...
Alicia Elliott’s short story „Unearth“ tells the story of a woman re-connecting with her early childhood. A very dominant theme in the short story is the theme of Ethnic Identity. The protagonist, Beth, is a native woman, who was raised by Anglicans ever since she was eight years old. When her brother’s remains are found...
In recent years, the Chinese minority films, such as the Mongolian Urtin Duu and the Kazak film Flower; have crossed the geographical boundaries, and also the boundaries of the language, which has led to problems of self-identification. In the movie Flower, the female Aken named Flower, whose belief was to stay in the Kazak steppe,...
Early representations of indigenous people was often stereotyped and marginalised by society. This is because these films were typically created from a European viewpoint, hence being condescending to the ‘primitive and inferior’ to Aboriginals. The portrayal of Aboriginals by popular films causes a lot of misunderstandings about Aboriginals, their culture and their identity. Australian identity...
