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Kyriakou, M. (2018). The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students. International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 6(1), 73-85.
Marianna Kyriakou. "The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students". International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 6, 1, 2018, 73-85.
Kyriakou, M. (2018). 'The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students', International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 6(1), pp. 73-85.
Kyriakou, M. The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students. International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 2018; 6(1): 73-85.

The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students

Article 8, Volume 6, Issue 1, Winter and Spring 2018, Page 73-85  XML PDF (582 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
Author
Marianna Kyriakou
Casa College, Cyprus
Abstract
This study examines how Greek-Cypriot students aged 12 to 18, an understudied group of students, construct their ethnic identity in a complex setting such as Cyprus and what motivates the students in the selection of ethnic identity labels. The choice to focus on students aged 12-18 was made on the hypothesis that young children, who did not experience the 1974 war in Cyprus, may have a different perception of ethnic identity in contrast to adults who are generationally closer to the war. Data are collected by means of interviews. A social constructionist approach is used for the analysis of ethnic identity construction. The results show that Greek-Cypriot students use the ethnic labels Greek, Greek-Cypriot, and Cypriot to construct their ethnic identities and they change and negotiate between these ethnic labels when talking about their identity. The students’ choice of a specific ethnic label seems to be widely motivated by ideologies connected to politics, language, religion, and education.
Keywords
Ethnic identities; Discourse; Construction; Perception; Ideologies
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