Group Identity

A Group Identity is a social identity that ...

• AKA: Collective Identity.
• Example(s):
  • a National Identity.
  • a Cultural Identity.
  • a Gender Identity.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Self-Identity.
• See: Social Group, Belongingness, Personal Identity, Identity (Social Science).

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_identity Retrieved:2021-5-7.
  • Collective identity is the shared sense of belonging to a group.

1992

• (Friedman & McAdam, 1992) ⇒ Debra Friedman, and Doug McAdam. (1992). “Collective Identity and Activism.” In: Frontiers in Social Movement Theory
  • QUOTE: ... … The fact is that SMOS exercise far less control over the process by which the group's collective identity is established than our discussion would suggest … It isn't just the SMO that has a stake in defining the group's collective identity …

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