Re: Ethnic

a luta continua (eth@anat.uct.ac.za)
Sun, 23 Apr 1995 12:39:12 GMT

>Hello !
>I would like to start a thread about the meaning
>of the word/adjective "ethnic"
>What is an "ethnic group"
>how differ from other similar
>like population, tribe and....race ?
>All suggestions are welcome and book references
>Thank you

>Vincenzo
>University "La Sapienza" Rome
>Italy

Just a brief comment (leaning also on what Shook posted): IMHO it is rather
more useful to focus on how terms such as "ethnicity" are (ab-)used, than to
attempt to define them in any meaningful way.

a luta