OG 35里一句话的意思

KoloveTu

Two divergent definitions have dominated sociologists’ discussions of the nature of ethnicity. The first emphasizes the primordial and unchanging character of ethnicity. In this view, people have an essential need for belonging that is satisfied by membership in groups based on shared ancestry and culture. A different conception of ethnicity de-emphasizes the cultural component and defines ethnic groups as interest groups. In this view, ethnicity serves as a way of mobilizing a certain population behind issues relating to its economic position. While both of these definitions are useful, neither fully captures the dynamic and changing aspects of ethnicity in the United States. Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a process in which preexisting communal bonds and common cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes according to changing real-life situations.

偶想重点应该是放在rather后面的部分, 但是偶还是想请教capture the dynamic

该如何理解呢?谢谢

wangyu73cn

Two divergent definitions have dominated sociologists’ discussions of the nature of ethnicity.
民族性两种定义。

The first emphasizes the primordial and unchanging character of ethnicity.
第一个强调原始不变的特性。

In this view, people have an essential need for belonging that is satisfied by membership in groups based on shared ancestry and culture.
基于共同的祖先和文化。

A different conception of ethnicity de-emphasizes the cultural component and defines ethnic groups as interest groups.
另一个定义是认为是利益驱动。

In this view, ethnicity serves as a way of mobilizing a certain population behind issues relating to its economic position.
与经济地位有关。

While both of these definitions are useful, neither fully captures the dynamic and changing aspects of ethnicity in the United States.
都有用，但都不能完全地切中美国民族性动态的和变化的各种表现。

Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a process in which preexisting communal bonds and common cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes according to changing real-life situations.
民族性更应是两方面交互作用的过程。

小女公子

  

三段句首：

The Civil Rights movement also brought changes in the uses to which ethnicity was put by Mexican American people.

这句分析不出结构啊…………

而今迈步从头越

The Civil Rights movement also brought changes in the uses to which ethnicity was put by Mexican American people.

主句：The Civil Rights movement also brought changes in the uses， to which修饰uses,

ring_cheng

试着解释一下这句话：

The Civil Rights movement also brought changes in the uses to which ethnicity was put by Mexican American people. 墨裔美国人在实践中利用了他们的民族性，而国内的人权运动对他们利用民族性的实践活动产生了影响。--即实践活动不仅局限于单纯的文化民族性或单纯的政治经济目的上，而是互有交错。

接下来两个例子说明了这一点：利用社区为基础的政治文化共同体来动员选民（文化作为手段，目的在于政治利益）；移民和选举权作为手段，促进了民族的统一性（政治作手段，目的在于民族团结）

chyyoung780

感謝樓上大大的解釋

赵小婕

非常清楚的解释！