What do the transformed

city and street names represent for a nation?

Why did post-Soviet

countries rewrite their history?

     A Kazakh girl can identify herself as a Kazakh in certain situations and advocate respect for Kazakh values, traditional clothing or an accurate representation of Kazakhs on television. One young singer expresses her changing identity by rapping in French and English, touching on various topics and drawing on her personal experience as an Asian and a resident of her current location. The subject positions of this young woman cover many discourses and contexts. She identifies herself as a Kazakh, a Turkish-speaking girl, a woman, a participant in youth culture and a fan of rap music.

     What conclusions can we come to in the text above?

Nations are solely

political entities and have no cultural significance.

National unity is

constructed through narratives that tell stories, use images, symbols, and

rituals to represent shared meanings of nationhood.

"Stereotypes are

simplified representations that often exaggerate negative characteristics,

reducing individuals to these traits."

Ethnicity is primarily

about sharing biological characteristics.

What is national identity related to?

How

did the standardization and dissemination of vernacular languages contribute to

the development of a shared national community?

According

to the lesson, what does the idea of "racialization" or "race

formation" argue about race?