SOCI 3405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Essentialism, Acculturation

• School: Fordham University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3405
• Professor: Professor Valle

Document Summary

I learn america documentary: documentary directed by jean-michel dissard & gitte peng (2013, documentary following the lives of five immigrant adolescents in brooklyn, new york (international high school at lafayette ). Consider family separations and reunifications, and the challenges faced by such processes: gender. What elements of gender construction are discussed by the documentary: religion. Modes of incorporation (especially labor market dynamics and racial discrimination: understanding how segmented assimilation theory plays into this film, assimilation of immigrants will vary by, 1. Human capital of immigrants (e. g. education, income: 2. Family structure and social capital (social cohesion, role of ethnic communities: 3. South florida: other case studies: mexicans and dominicans in new york (fuentes, 2009); Mexicans, puerto ricans and cubans (nelson & tienda, 1997), mexicans in new. York (smith, 2005): key authors: weber, barth, nagel, jenkins, challenging essentialist definitions of ethnicity, four key principles involved (wimmer, 2009), constructivist principle, subjectivist principle. This involves inequalities in terms of power between social groups.