A Reflection on Identities, Culture Models and Power

We reflect on interrelationship patterns between cultures and identities, first focusing on what we mean by culture and then analysing four cultural models — monocultural, multicultural, intercultural and transcultural and their impact on identity construction. Pointing to the dangers of the monocul...

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Published inJournal of intercultural communication Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors Rodrigo Alsina, Miquel, 1955, Medina Bravo, Pilar, 1966
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Immigrant Institutet 10.03.2016
Subjects
Hybridization
Identity
Interculturalism
Monocultural model
Multiculturalism
Transcultural model
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Summary:We reflect on interrelationship patterns between cultures and identities, first focusing on what we mean by culture and then analysing four cultural models — monocultural, multicultural, intercultural and transcultural and their impact on identity construction. Pointing to the dangers of the monocultural model that promotes essentialist and homogenizing identity classifications, we discuss the specific weight of national identity in the multicultural paradigm. We also describe the fundamental characteristics of the intercultural perspective and the view of identities understood as a result of cultural hybridization. We conclude by considering a proposal for a transcultural perspective.
ISSN:1404-1634
1404-1634
DOI:10.36923/jicc.v16i1.712