Representations of Ethnicity-Theory

Four Key Themes in Racial Representations

• exotic
• dangerous
• humorous
• pitied

(Alvarado et al. 1987: 153)

Unity and Conflict

• Conflict is often the binary opposition of ethnic groups and the wider society.
• Unity is often an element of the representation of ethnicity, this hits a stereotype of ethnicity, that of close families and tight communities.