1984
Resultado de búsqueda
Marginal man or marginal man theory is a sociological concept first developed by sociologists Robert Ezra Park (1864–1944) and Everett Stonequist (1901–1979) to explain how an individual suspended between two cultural realities may struggle to establish his or her identity.
Robert Park's Marginal Man: The Career of a Concept in American Sociology; By Chad Alan Goldberg, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA Edited by Peter Kivisto; Book: The Anthem Companion to Robert Park; Online publication: 10 January 2018
Robert E. Park’s concept of the marginal man has been a remarkably fruitful source of intellectual stimulation in American sociology over the past eight decades; in this respect the 1928 essay in which he originally presented the concept surely qualifies as a sociological classic.
19 de may. de 2022 · In common parlance, the term ‘marginalised’ refers to people or communities on the lower spectrum of the hierarchy in terms of economic, social or cultural resources or power. These resources are critical for equal participation in a given society whether it is regional, national or global.
While many American sociologists extended Park’s marginal man concept to the study of occupations, gender, and scientific innovation, interest in the marginal man as a way to study race and ethnic relations, culture contact, and migration never disappeared from the literature, even after immigration to the United States was severely ...
This chapter focuses on Park’s seminal concept of the “marginal man,” originally presented in his 1928 article “Human Migration and the Marginal Man” and later elaborated in the 1937 book The Marginal Man by Park’s student Everett Verner Stonequist (1901–79), who earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1930.
The marginal man arises in a bi-cultural or multi-cultural situation. The natural desire of the mixed-blood is to advance toward the group occupying the higher status. He may be forced to accept the status of the lower group, possibly becoming their leader. He may be rejected by both groups.
