Views of Identity

Definition of Identity

It is the collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known. It is the set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. (Robyns, 405)

Identity is all the traits of an individual or a community. Identity is also the awareness that a person feels about himself and that makes him different from other people. Although many of the features that form identity are inherited or innate, the environment influences the conformation of the specificity of each subject. So we can say that a person seeks his identity or similar expressions. In this sense, the idea of identity is linked to their own, an inner reality that can be hidden behind attitudes or behaviors that really are not specific to the person.

Identity is the set of values, pride, traditions, symbols, beliefs and modes of behavior that operate as a cohesive element within a social group and act as a substrate for the individuals that form the basis for their sense of belonging. However, cultures are not homogeneous within them are groups or subcultures that are part of the diversity within them in response to interest, codes, rules and rituals shared by such groups within the dominant culture.

The construction of identities is "a phenomenon that arises from the dialectic between the individual and society". Identities are constructed through a process of identification by the actors for those who are sources of meaning and although it may arise from the dominant institutions, they are only if social actors internalize and the latter construct their sense. (Joshua, 90)

Authors Perspectives on Identity

Phinney and Alipuria (1987) define identity as “an individual's sense of self as a member of a group and the ...