ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tibet Autonomous Region
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Identity is part of culture, and culture is part of identity. A relational field in which individual groups define themselves on the basis of cultural difference from each other, often in relation to a nation-state or broader category of identification. Notice the similarities and differences between this list and the identity list. Social groups are a choice, while ethnic groups aren"t necessarily. Gwrra association is entirety of the group, nepal thami society logo association represents much larger and more complex group descent. Belonging/membership by choice vs. belonging/membership by birth or. Self-identification (where you want to belong) vs ascription (where you are told to belong on the basis of birth) Ethnic identity often talked about as an ascribed identity. Ethnicity is a combination of both self-identification and ascription. Ethnicity is both primordial and constructed for the thangmi/thami, a group of. 40,000 living between nepal, india, and china"s tibetan autonomous region.
