TY - JOUR ID - 30487 TI - The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Students JO - International Journal of Society, Culture & Language JA - IJSCL LA - en SN - AU - Kyriakou, Marianna AD - Casa College, Cyprus Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 73 EP - 85 KW - Ethnic identities KW - Discourse KW - Construction KW - Perception KW - Ideologies DO - N2 - This study examines how Greek-Cypriot students aged 12 to 18, an understudied group of students, construct their ethnic identity in a complex setting such as Cyprus and what motivates the students in the selection of ethnic identity labels. The choice to focus on students aged 12-18 was made on the hypothesis that young children, who did not experience the 1974 war in Cyprus, may have a different perception of ethnic identity in contrast to adults who are generationally closer to the war. Data are collected by means of interviews. A social constructionist approach is used for the analysis of ethnic identity construction. The results show that Greek-Cypriot students use the ethnic labels Greek, Greek-Cypriot, and Cypriot to construct their ethnic identities and they change and negotiate between these ethnic labels when talking about their identity. The students’ choice of a specific ethnic label seems to be widely motivated by ideologies connected to politics, language, religion, and education. UR - https://www.ijscl.com/article_30487.html L1 - https://www.ijscl.com/article_30487_bee62627044f7252418a913d14877029.pdf ER -