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Ethnic Work Explorations in Cultural Identity

Many African Americans are trying to get in closer contact with their roots. To do this, some use musical performances, as with this group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Note the five-year old who is participating.

Folk dancing (doing a traditional dance of one’s cultural heritage) is often used to maintain ethnic identity Shown here is a man in Arlington, Virginia, doing a Bolivian folk dance.

Many Native Americans have maintained continuous identity with their tribal roots.This Nisqually mother is placing a traditional headdress on her daughter for a reenactment of a wedding ceremony.

Having children participate in ethnic celebrations is a common way of passing on cultural heritage. Shown here is a Thai girl in Los Angeles getting final touches before she performs a temple dance.

Many European Americans are also involved in ethnic work, attempting to maintain an identity more precise than “from Europe.” These women of Czech ancestry are performing for a Czech community in a small town in Nebraska.

Ethnic work refers to the ways that people establish, maintain, protect, and transmit their ethnic identity. As shown here, among the techniques people use to forge ties with their roots are dress, dance, and music.