Importance Of National And Religious Identities In The Film Earth

The 1987 film documentary Ethnic Notions directed by Marlon Riggs, identifies the evolution of African American cultural depictions through ethnic stereotypes and caricatures in American culture. I feel Ethnic Notions exposes the roots of false generalization from the beginning and presents a series of classifications for racial depictions that still are noticeable in today's society. These racial depictions identified with in this film begin in the mid 1800's and continue thought to the 1960's. I now after viewing Ethnic notions agree that there are generalizations and depictions that are exaggerated in American popular culture and entertainment.

We are all born the same way into this earth. We are all the same, with the same type of flesh and bones. How do we distinguish ourselves from each other? Well, we have many ways of telling one from another and one way we use is using culture. The difference between other culture is it ideas and moral values. Culture plays an important role in many people lives. Although being part of a multi-cultural society helps understands one’s self and it also helps understand one another cultural view of our world. Many people identity are also created by our belief. My ethnicity isn’t the only thing that defines who I am. It’s also my culture, my environment and my personality who define me.

National identity is an institution that brings the sense of belonging to a nation and a belief in their political aspirations. This involves a high demand of freedom through sovereignty and involves a large demand for equality. National identity can occasionally develop from ethnic identities and is inherently political. For example, an ethnic identity can provoke ideas against already existing political systems in which their members believe that they are lacking certain rights and freedoms. This interaction between ethnic and national identity is present in many countries in which an ethnicity gains a

When reading The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala-sa, it shows us a view of ethnic identity. By telling us how a little girl is in a home, away from her mother, while learning how to adapt to the new culture she’s in. In Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, it shows us a different view of a man in another form of an ethnic identity. It shows us that the man is seen as a different person then who he really is, instead of a black man who isn’t seen as what he actually is. In Why I am A Pagan by Zitkala-sa, it used cultural identity by focusing on how the world lost the connection it was given thousands of years ago. How the world is not as one with nature as it should be. It’s as if the world is a person itself, who

Society tends to deem religion as a relatively taboo or controversial topic, which makes me hesitant about discussing my beliefs. However, sharing my religious views serves as an integral component of being honest with oneself, so at this point I ought to be forthcoming. I am, for all intents and purposes, an Atheist. Defining myself as an Atheist proved to be difficult because of the constant negative connotation, since for the most part Atheists are perceived as either narrow-minded individuals or cynics. Even though I’ve always struggled with religion and my cultural identity, I avoided confronting my beliefs, seeing as it was easier to do so. I finally challenged my previous views on religion around the time I finished my first year

Plate believes that there is a strong relationship between religion and media, and he argues that there is a vast majority of religious ideas that can be learned through film. For example, he commonly finds instances where media companies will use the heavens and the earths in their logos. Companies do this because they realize that there is more than the world humans are living in- possibly something super natural. Film allows audiences to understand the world and see new ideas that will help humans understand what reality is. Media productions allow humans to have a look outside of earth, and possibly at the heavens. For example, there are many scenes in films that show clues to mythological structures that Plate points out through the reading,

For some nations, religion is not the driving force behind its creation, although for some this is true. Religion does not completely formulate a nation and its borders, but it does create myths and symbols within the nation. This is shown in the work of Smith, who outlines the importance of myths and symbols within a nation and ethnicity. Looking the origins of nationalism, religious symbols and motifs have been suggested to help in construction of nations and nationalism. Smith argues that there are “deep cultural resources” that provide the “basic cultural and ideological building blocks for nationalists” (Smith, A. 2003) which indicates that there are factors outside of religion that influenced the development of nations. Smith argues that symbols and myths are important factors within the formulation of nationalism and indicates that religion supplies such aspects in order for a nation to

The fine line between National Identity and Religious Identity has been a bone of contention in Israel, with the Ultra-Orthodox pushing for a unified identity for both while the nationalists and pluralists believe that the two identities need to remain independent in entirety. The subject has made it quite difficult for the country to move forward, as the divergent views of the different factions have led to a great number of violent altercations, both in the political sphere and in religious circles as well. This essay is a strong attempt at analyzing Zionism, and look into how Israel as a nation has been able to separate the idea of national identity and religious identity within the nation. The essay shall rely heavily on journal

Today more than ever, individuals and societies are built as an integration of different cultures and carry different characteristics that construct their unique identity.

This novel likewise encompasses its character from erstwhile Pakistan, with a short portrayal about the condition in Lahore and Pakistan at the time of partition and the circumstances which constrained my characters to escape muslim dominated Pakistan.

The environment and community filled with friends, enemies, animals and other unique people can also play a huge role in identity. We are

Through searching different books, articles and documentaries on internet and media resources it can be deduced that National Identity is a subject that is mostly dealt indirectly by Media. A huge amount of literature and media projects are available all around the world on the subject but it addresses only specific regions and characteristics of national identity. For example rather than defining what National Identity itself is, most of the work is done about National language, National Heroes and National Heritage etc. National identity is a vast subject which directly or indirectly touches huge number of variegated subjects.

The concept of transnational identities is mainly associated with the paradigm of constructivism and describes both the essential politics of the democratic United States of America (USA) in internal and foreign affairs and the behavior of the more autocratic governed state of Iran in the Middle East. The term transnational identity stands for identities or ideologies based on culture. In addition, the beliefs and values do not necessarily align with national borders. On the one hand, the identities depend on the interests and preferences in the

How can the development of national identity lead to loyalty and conflict for an individual?

The east and west sides of Pakistan were not divided over religion (they were mostly all Muslim), rather the division was on the basis of culture and language. West Pakistan was Punjabi while East Pakistan was Bengali. In 1971, there was a major war between India and Pakistan and the east side of Pakistan split off into what is today called Bangladesh. For the purposes of this essay, we will be focusing on just Pakistan and India.