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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
04/16/2009

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Essentialism
Definition
A view of ethnicity that holds that ethnic groups are distinguished by essential, historically rooted, and emotionally experienced cultural differences
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Constructionism
Definition
A view of ethnicity that holds that ethnic groups emerge and change based on specific historical conditions
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Nation-State
Definition
A sovereign, geographically based state that indentifies itself as having a distinctive national culture and historical experience
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Assimilation model
Definition
A model of US ethnicity that holds that people should abandon their cultural traditions and become wholly absorbed in mainstream american culture
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Refugees
Definition
People who have been uprooted from their native lands and forced to cross national boundaries.
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Multiculturalism
Definition
The view that cultural diversity in the US is a postive value and makes an important contribution to american national identity
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