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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.
Everett Verner Stonequist (October 5, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American Sociologist perhaps best known for his 1937 book, The Marginal Man "The marginal person is poised in the psychological uncertainty between two (or more) social worlds; reflecting in his soul the discords and harmonies, repulsions and attractions of these worlds...within which membership is implicitly if not ...
1928: Human Migration and the Marginal Man, American Journal of Sociology 33: 881–893 1932: The University and the Community of Races Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press 1932: The Pilgrims of Russian-Town The Community of Spiritual Christian Jumpers in America , by Pauline V. Young Ph.D. with an Introduction by Robert E. Park, Chicago ...
Walker S. Carlos Poston challenged Stonequist's Marginal Man theory and claimed that existing models of minority identity development did not reflect the experiences of biracial and multiracial individuals. [20] Poston proposed the first model for the development of a healthy biracial and multiracial identity in 1990. [1]
The marginal, the processes of marginalisation, etc. bring specific interest in postmodern and post-colonial philosophy and social studies. [49] Postmodernism question the "center" about its authenticity and postmodern sociology and cultural studies research marginal cultures, behaviours, societies, the situation of the marginalized individual ...
Marginal man theory; Market-dominant minority; Mass action (sociology) Mass society; Master status; Matilda effect; Matthew effect; McDonaldization; Mechanical and organic solidarity; Mechanism (sociology) Media ritual; Media transparency; Mediatization (media) Mentifact; Middleman minority; Mode of production; Modernity; Moral entrepreneur ...
Marginalism is a theory of economics that attempts to explain the discrepancy in the value of goods and services by reference to their secondary, or marginal, utility. It states that the reason why the price of diamonds is higher than that of water, for example, owes to the greater additional satisfaction of the diamonds over the water.
In comparison to other forms of social distance and difference (such as class, gender, and even ethnicity) the distance of the stranger has to do with his "origins". The stranger is perceived as extraneous to the group and even though he is in constant relation to other group members; his "distance" is more emphasized than his "nearness". [2]