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CONSTRUCTION OF BALOCH ETHNIC IDENTITY THROUGH ETHNOLINGUISTIC AWARENESS AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).11      10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).11      Published : Mar 2020

Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics

Abstract

    The paper is based on a qualitative ethnographic study to explore the role of ethnolinguistic awareness and cultural dynamics in the construction of the ethnic identity of Baloch. The data was collected through focussed group interviews of twenty participants who were sampled through non-random criterion sampling and they belonged to at least thirteen different tribes of Baloch. The study was conducted within the theoretical perspective of Smolicz Core Value. The analysis of the rich data found the group members to be consciously self-aware of their distinct ethnic identity and more so in the present political situation of the province. The group members were also found to express their ethnicity through cultural dynamics such as common traditional dress and Balochi as the group language even though Balochi was not the mother tongue of all the participants as they are an ethnic group that speaks at least four different languages.

    Ethnic identity, Baloch, cultural dynamics, ethnolinguistic awareness.

    (1) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Mehwish Malghani
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Shazia Ayaz
    Lecturer, Department of English,National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, F. R., Malghani, M., & Ayaz, S. (2020). Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics. Global Regional Review, V(I), 84-91. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).11

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Fouzia Rehman, Mehwish Malghani, and Shazia Ayaz. 2020. "Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics." Global Regional Review, V (I): 84-91 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).11

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, F. R., MALGHANI, M. & AYAZ, S. 2020. Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics. Global Regional Review, V, 84-91.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Fouzia Rehman, Mehwish Malghani, and Shazia Ayaz. 2020. "Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics." Global Regional Review, V: 84-91

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Fouzia Rehman, Mehwish Malghani, and Shazia Ayaz. "Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics." Global Regional Review, V.I (2020): 84-91 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Fouzia Rehman, Malghani, Mehwish, and Ayaz, Shazia (2020), "Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics", Global Regional Review, V (I), 84-91

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Fouzia Rehman, Mehwish Malghani, and Shazia Ayaz. "Construction of Baloch Ethnic Identity through Ethnolinguistic Awareness and Cultural Dynamics." Global Regional Review V, no. I (2020): 84-91. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).11