Bartending makes for an interesting case study in that it brings together research on emotional labor and tipped front-line service jobs, as well as the contemporary increase in precarity in work and precarity in life. This project explores the material and identity processes of bartending, examining how a precarious job with high expectations of emotional labor in-turn affects the occupational and personal identities of those employed in the industry. Overall three overarching themes were identified: (1) When wages are outsourced to customers via tipping systems workers are exposed to particularly high emotional demands, rendering bartending a unique form of quid pro quo emotional labor. (2) Bartenders exist in a “default career” mode of employment that is stigmatized for being low-status low-skilled labor. (3) Performing emotional labor and managing stigma creates a divergence between bartender’s personal and occupational identities resulting in constant identity work on and off the job. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

In just over one year since United States v. Windsor— the case invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage, for purposes of federal statutes, as the “union of man and woman”— more than a dozen states have had their same-sex marriage bans ruled unconstitutional. This suggests a shift in legal meaning; previously successful arguments against same-sex “marriage” now seem irrational as argumentative ground has shifted. Since favorable rulings redefine “marriage” to include same-sex unions, this thesis analyzes Kitchen v. Herbert, a 2014 legal opinion from the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, to understand the rhetorical processes underpinning its redefinitional act. That analysis draws on Kenneth Burke’s theories of entitling and constitutions and discusses the rhetorical concepts of terministic screens, casuistic screens, scope and circumference as key features of the rhetoric of the legal opinions. The findings call for a balancing of deconstructive and conventional approaches to legal discourse. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Although women increasingly contribute their labour to an ever-burgeoning workplace, little is understood about their roles and sense of identity at work. Adopting a phenomenological approach to this study will allow the researcher to discover what women’s experience of their sense of identity at work encompasses. Furthermore, a review of the contemporary literature, and a phenomenological approach to the study employing semi-structured interviews and an explication of the protocols using the ‘modified’ Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method (Creswell, 1998), may be used to explore women’s experience of their sense of identity in the workplace. Recommendations may be made for future research and organisational practice. The main findings indicated, inter alia, that the participants expressed their sense of identity at work from a ‘collective’ or social identity orientation. This finding also supports various feminist researchers’ viewpoints that women may develop a unique sense of identity relative to the environment in which they find themselves (Ely, 1994; Hakim, 1996). Themes that arose from the interviews with the participants included the concerns women express universally to a greater extent, yet included their interests, abilities, traits and material characteristics to a lesser extent (Ashforth & Mael, 1989; Hogg & Turner, 1987). The study findings also questioned psychology-based “person-centred” ideas about women’s relationships with other women at work, and added credence to the supposition that the demographic composition of an organisation may influence an individual’s experiences at work (Ely, 1994, p. 203). Furthermore, as social v identities are more significant in organisations, due to the incidence of social groups (Fisher, 1986; Mortimer & Simmons, 1978; Van Maanen, 1976), it would appear that as fewer women are employed in management and the upper echelons of organisations, they would therefore not benefit from being involved in the social environment of work, and would therefore not be in a position to adopt the identity of their counterparts (Becker & Carper, 1956). The contribution of this research to understanding women’s experience of their sense of identity, and the provision of a basic framework in this regard, may assist female employees, and their employers and managers, in their relationships at work, and in this way improve the employment prospects and retention of women. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Since Alejo Carpentier's 1944 encounter with the "real maravilloso" in the ruins of the Citadelle La Ferriáere, Haiti has been linked with the notion of Latin American identity, in particular, and American identity, in general. Interesting to me are the ways and the means by which Haiti resurfaces in Cuban and Puerto Rican narratives and what allusions to Haiti in these texts imply about its relationship to the Hispanic Caribbean. I will combine the ideas of John Beverley, Sybille Fischer, and Mimi Sheller to discuss how representations of Haiti work to perpetuate its disavowal and render it a consumable product for the rest of the Caribbean as a whole, and for the Hispanic Caribbean specifically. I will focus on works by Cuban and Puerto Rican authors who have prepared, processed, and packaged Haiti in such a way that its culture, language, and even sexuality are able to satisfy long-held cravings for that which is local and exotic. Thus, I hope to explain how it has been and will continue to be possible for the Hispanic Caribbean to consume Haiti positively as a symbol of its marvelous reality and negatively as an Afro-Caribbean personification of racial, cultural, and political decadence in literature. / by Walteria C. Tucker. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

This study examined how narcissism affects preadolescent children's choices of peer targets for aggression. Based on the idea that narcissists have a grandiose sense of self that requires nourishment, we hypothesized that narcissistic children are especially likely to attack peers who threaten, or fail to nourish, their grandiose self. We assessed narcissism and the degree to which each child's aggression toward peers depended on (a) the child's perceived liking by each peer, (b) the child's liking of each peer, (c) each peer's actual liking of the child, and (d) the child's perceived similarity to each peer. Participants were 197 children in the fourth through eighth grades at a university school. Narcissism predicted the four types of target-specific aggression in disparate ways for boys and girls. Narcissistic boys were especially likely to direct aggression toward male peers whom (a) they perceived as disliking them, (b) they disliked, and (c) they perceived as dissimilar to themselves. Narcissistic girls were especially likely to attack female peers whom they perceived as similar to themselves. Narcissism may enhance different motives for boys and girls in same-sex peer relatinships. We propose that narcissism enhances investment in status and rivalry amoung girls while enhancing the motive to attack dissimilar peers among boys. / by Chelsie Anderson. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

The current study examined the possibility of using cluster analysis to classify attachment styles in middle childhood. Attachment classifications were measured by looking at child coping strategies and perceived maternal behavior. The attachment classification was then tested for construct validity by examining whether it can predict adjustment outcomes in interpretable patterns. The adjustment outcomes examined were a self-reported global self-worth scale and peer-reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors measured using a Peer Nomination Inventory. The current study had 199 third through eight graders and provided evidence for the cluster analysis approach and also showed that the disorganized attachment was associated with the most adverse adjustment outcomes. That is, results showed that disorganized attachment was linked with the lowest levels of global self-worth and the highest rates of internalizing and externalizing behaviors and was significantly different from the securely attached cluster on each measure. The implications and possible underlying causes are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-08-22T12:13:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Diane Portugueis.pdf: 2871516 bytes, checksum: b7e2068a892e31710565afdf3e5221e5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T12:13:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diane Portugueis.pdf: 2871516 bytes, checksum: b7e2068a892e31710565afdf3e5221e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Our focus is to investigate how the process of constitution, metamorphosis and identity rearrangement is organized, from the perspective of liminality, a condition individuals encounter on their paths in the quest for greater financial autonomy. We also strive to understand the crisis inherent to their whereabouts while travelling between different living spaces, in different countries. Our subjects are Italian-Brazilians who work in ice-cream parlors in Germany. These are young people who have been encouraged to acquire an Italian passport through the network in place between the cities of Urussanga (State of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil) and Longarone, Italy, which enables them to be recruited, trained for jobs at these gelaterias, and then later sent to Germany. They develop relationships with these different countries, since they continue to visit their hometowns, where they buy property with the intent to come back permanently one day. We address issues related to the relationships that are built with these countries: inclusion/exclusion, the creation of subjectivities, forms of oppression and identity politics. In this thesis, we address how these individuals deal with living life between places and how this changes their identities. The methodology chosen for data collection was the life story narratives, which have been analyzed based on the identity-metamorphosis-emancipation phrase proposed by Antônio da Costa Ciampa, as well as multi-situated ethnographies and interviews. The past, the present, as well as identity politics all become intertwined in the projects of these ice-cream parlor workers creating a living space that lies between (no) places. These configurations arise due to a constant lack of definition regarding their status, triggered by the socioeconomic, historical and political relationship in which they were socialized and that they recreate, leading to permanent liminality / Nosso foco é a investigação de como se organiza o processo de constituição, metamorfose e rearranjo identitário, dentro da perspectiva de liminaridade que atravessa a vivência de indivíduos em sua busca por maior autonomia financeira. Procuramos também compreender as crises implícitas aos seus movimentos no trânsito entre distintos espaços de vivência, em diferentes países. Nossos sujeitos são ítalo-brasileiros que atuam como trabalhadores em sorveterias na Alemanha. São jovens estimulados a adquirir o passaporte italiano pela rede existente entre as cidades de Urussanga-SC e Longarone, na Itália, que possibilita o recrutamento, o treinamento para o trabalho em gelaterias e a inserção na Alemanha. São relações com territórios diversos, uma vez que continuam a visitar sua cidade natal, onde adquirem propriedades para um futuro retorno definitivo. Englobam-se questionamentos acerca da relação construída com os territórios, inclusão/exclusão, produção de subjetividades, modos de opressão e políticas de identidade. Como os indivíduos lidam com a vida entre lugares e como isto transforma suas identidades são questões exploradas nesta tese. A metodologia escolhida para obtenção de dados é a de narrativas de histórias de vida, que são analisadas com base no sintagma identidade-metamorfose-emancipação proposto por Antônio da Costa Ciampa, entrevistas não diretivas e a etnografia multi-situada. Passado, presente e políticas de identidade se misturam nos projetos dos sorveteiros constituindo um espaço de vidas entre (não) lugares. Essas configurações surgem em resposta à indefinição de status, desencadeada pela relação socioeconômica, histórica e política em que os sujeitos são socializados, ocasionando a permanência na liminaridade

The aim of the present research is to advance a general predictive model of the social psychological processes underlying collective action in contexts where collective action is met with significant repression by the authorities. The model integrates the recent advancements in the collective action literature and examines the unique predictive role of anger and fear (emotional pathway), political, identity consolidation and participative efficacies (instrumental pathway), politicised identification (identity pathway) as well as moral obligation, over and above past participation. Moreover, the research investigates how perceived risk, due to government sanctions, shapes these antecedents and the willingness to engage in collective action. Five survey studies (Studies 1 to 5) test this model in various repressive contexts (i.e., Egypt, Hong Kong, Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey). In addition, one experimental study (Study 6) examines the causal relation between perceived risk and (a) the antecedents of collective action and (b) the action intentions in a British sample. The results confirm the intensifying role of perceived risk, whereby it indirectly spurs further resistance through shaping the antecedents of collective action. The results also suggest that protesters are intrinsically motivated to engage in collective action when placed under risk. Specifically, although not motivated by political efficacy, protesters are strategic as they are motivated by the likelihood to consolidate the identity of their protest movement and the likelihood of their own participation to incrementally contribute to achieving the desired goals. Moreover, they are emotional, politicised and dutiful as their outrage towards how the authorities treat the protesters, their identification with their protest movement, as well as their sense of moral responsibility encourage them to take action despite the risks.

中国基督徒的身份问题一直是中国基督宗教研究领域的热点问题。做一个基督徒与做一个中国人，两种身份如何统一？怎样协调中国文化与基督教之间的张力？这是每一个中国基督徒都会面对的难题。 / 中国现代著名作家林语堂（1895-1976）以跨文化双语写作蜚声海内外，他以英文写就的《吾国吾民》、《生活的艺术》等著作畅销全世界，使其成为20 世纪享有最高国际知名度的中国现代作家。鲜为人知的是，林语堂是一个有着特殊信仰经历的基督徒。他生于闽南一个基督教家庭，父亲是长老会牧师。他从小接受基督教教育，曾就读于著名教会学校上海圣约翰大学，青年时期却宣布离基督教，自称为“异教徒，到晚年又宣布重回基督教怀抱。这既是一条追寻上帝的信仰之旅，也见证了林语堂作为一个中国基督徒对自我身份的努力寻索。 / 本文将林语堂的一生划分为六个时期，通过分析他在不同时期与基督教的关系来研究他如何面对与解决中国基督徒的身份认同问题。方法论上本文借鉴了心理学家埃里克森的身份认同理论以及当代文化研究关于文化身份的学说。研究资料除了林语堂大量的中英文作品，还包括他的信件、手稿、相关档案等第一手资料。 / 本研究发现，林语堂之离基督教是出于身份危机，在做中国人与做基督徒之间产生矛盾的情况下他选择做中国人。尽管长达三十多年以“异教徒自居，并不意味着他放弃信仰。对他笔下的“异教徒一词需审慎辨析。尽管对基督教有公开批判，林语堂并不是反基督教作家。自童年时期形成的基督教价值观一直影响着他，他从来没有停止过信仰上帝，只是出于各种原因与基督教保持距离，直到他找到适合自己的信仰方式，融合基督教与中国文化，形成具有中国人文主义色彩的基督教思想，建立起既是中国人又是基督徒的身份认同。 / The identity problem of Chinese Christians has always been a hot issue in the studies of Chinese Christianity. Chinese Christians are generally caught at the horn of a dilemma as how to unify their Chinese identity and Christian identity, and how to handle the tensions between Chinese culture and Christianity. / Lin Yutang (1895-1976), one of the most influential modern Chinese writers, was renowned for his extensive writings in both Chinese and English. His best-sellers in English, including My Country and My People and The Importance of Living, earned him highest international fame among modern Chinese writers. A less-known but momentous facet of him is his special encounter with Christianity. Lin Yutang was born into a Christian family in a poor mountain village in Southern China, his father being a Presbyterian minister in a local church. He received secondary education at Talmage College, and tertiary education at St.John’s University, both of which were missionary schools. However, Lin renounced Christianity in his twenties and claimed to be a pagan for over thirty years until declaring his return to Christianity in his sixties. Lin’s journey of faith witnessed his lifelong search for the identity as a Chinese Christian, which was constantly undergoing transformation and construction. / In addition to the general introduction and conclusion, this thesis consists of six main chapters, each of which elaborates Lin’s relationship to Christianity during the different stages of his life, focusing on the ways in which he encountered and solved the identity problem of being a Chinese Christian. This thesis adopts E.H. Erikson’s theory on identity as an overall framework, while also referring to theories on cultural identity proposed by some scholars of cultural studies like Stuart Hall. This research makes extensive use of primary materials including Lin’s letters, manuscripts, and other relevant archives apart from his published works. / According to the findings of this research, Lin renounced Christianity in the midst of his identity crisis when he was compelled to choose between being a Chinese and being a Christian. He had described himself a “pagan for more than thirty years, but it doesn’t mean that he forsook his Christian faith. Lin’s particular use of “pagan necessitates careful interpretation and scrutiny. Lin should not be regarded as an anti-Christian writer in spite of his open criticisms of Christianity. It can be seen that Christianity had always been a major contributing factor in shaping Lin’s values and morality since his childhood. In fact, Lin Yutang had never ceased in his faith in God, even though he deliberately kept some distance from Christianity until he found his own way of worshipping God. When he returned to Christianity, he personally merged Christianity and Chinese culture, and established his Christian thoughts characterized with Chinese humanism, and hence reconstructed his identity as a unique Chinese Christian. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 楊柳. / "2013年7月". / "2013 nian 7 yue". / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-191). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Yang Liu. / 中文摘要 --- p.I / Abstract --- p.III / 致谢 --- p.IV / Chapter 绪论 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 选题意义 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究现状 --- p.3 / Chapter 三、 --- 研究资料、研究方法与论文框架 --- p.7 / Chapter 第一章、 --- 基督教的保护壳（1895-1911） --- p.18 / Chapter 一、 --- 永远的典范：牧师父亲 --- p.19 / Chapter 二、 --- 宗教体验：山地的孩子 --- p.23 / Chapter 三、 --- 另一种福音：与西方文明的初次接触 --- p.28 / Chapter 四、 --- 正统与孤立：寻源中学的宗教教育 --- p.30 / Chapter 五、 --- 小结 --- p.33 / Chapter 第二章、 --- 身份的焦虑：基督教保护壳的延续（1911-1916） --- p.35 / Chapter 一、 --- 西化中的民族身份：半个洋人VS中国人 --- p.37 / Chapter 二、 --- 宗教身份的动摇：基督教教义VS现代性 --- p.39 / Chapter 三、 --- 《约翰声》上的三篇英文短篇小说 --- p.42 / Chapter 四、 --- 小结 --- p.50 / Chapter 第三章、 --- 身份的危机：从基督徒到“异教徒（1916-1919） --- p.52 / Chapter 一、 --- 边缘者的叩问：在中国做一个基督徒有什么意义？ --- p.53 / Chapter 二、 --- 逆流而上：新文化运动的“非典型影响 --- p.58 / Chapter 三、 --- 政治与文化的双重民族主义 --- p.62 / Chapter 四、 --- 现代性的挑战 --- p.66 / Chapter 五、 --- 最后的一击：从神本到人本 --- p.67 / Chapter 六、 --- 小结 --- p.69 / Chapter 第四章、 --- 身份的暧昧：徘徊在“自我与“他者之间（1919-1935） --- p.70 / Chapter 一、 --- 心系文学革命：白话文运动的海外支持者 --- p.71 / Chapter 二、 --- 取法西洋、整理国故：短暂的语言学家生涯 --- p.76 / Chapter 三、 --- 自我东方主义：“根本败类的民族VS“爽爽快快讲欧化 --- p.82 / Chapter 四、 --- 在基督教青年会工作：为欧战华工服务 --- p.87 / Chapter 五、 --- 论基督教与文化侵略 --- p.90 / Chapter 六、 --- 声援赛珍珠：批判基督教在华传教事业 --- p.92 / Chapter 七、 --- 小结 --- p.98 / Chapter 第五章、 --- 离散（Diaspora）：身处中、西话语的边缘（1936-1957） --- p.99 / Chapter 一、 --- 前奏：30年代“大转向--谁是西崽？ --- p.101 / Chapter 二、 --- 被别人表述：“西洋传教士的眼睛 --- p.107 / Chapter 三、 --- 戴着脚镣的自我表述：补足式的叙事策略与被他者化 --- p.112 / Chapter 四、 --- 边缘者的宣告：我是异教徒 --- p.120 / Chapter 五、 --- 小结 --- p.124 / Chapter 第六章、 --- 回家：文化融合与身份重建（1957-1976） --- p.126 / Chapter 一、 --- 返台背后的政治认同与文化认同 --- p.127 / Chapter 二、 --- 反共与返教：现代社会宗教信仰之必要性 --- p.131 / Chapter 三、 --- 文化的差异与融合：“趋向于全人类的共同遗产 --- p.133 / Chapter 四、 --- 道不远人：林语堂的“近情基督教思想 --- p.138 / Chapter 五、 --- 以耶释道：一个中国基督徒对《道德经》的解读 --- p.149 / Chapter 六、 --- 叠合的身份认同（adhesive identities）与包容的宗教观 --- p.153 / Chapter 七、 --- 小结 --- p.155 / 结论与反思 --- p.157 / Chapter 一、 --- 对林语堂与基督教关系的新诠释 --- p.157 / Chapter 二、 --- 引发的争议 --- p.160 / Chapter 三、 --- 历史意义 --- p.165 / 参考书目 --- p.168

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-05-22T12:03:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Simone Jörg.pdf: 11852654 bytes, checksum: b85a0a764d07e2326fab5301eeda9501 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-22T12:03:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Simone Jörg.pdf: 11852654 bytes, checksum: b85a0a764d07e2326fab5301eeda9501 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-12 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The focus of this research is the process of identity construction with an emancipatory sense based on the worldview and struggle for the territory of the indigenous people of Pataxó; The only ethnic group that could resist in the extreme-south of Bahia, inserted in a context of threats, persecutions and intense conflicts. Considered extinct until the beginning of the 20th century, the presence of the Pataxó on the "Discovery Coast" was noted after the known "massacre of 51", marked by destruction, violence and fire in the village of Barra Velha, the "mother village" Of the ethnic group, located in the region of Monte Pascoal, the mountain sighted by the Portuguese when they arrived in Brazil. The return of the survivors from the "mother village" massacre marks a period of intense political struggle and resistance, as well as the expansion of new villages around the Monte Pascoal National Park, the migration of some families to the sub-district of Coroa Vermelha, Administered by the municipality of Santa Cruz Cabrália. A struggle that ends after 24 years with the resumption of an area of Atlantic forest in Coroa Vermelha threatened by the capitalist exploitation and that inaugurates a new phase patagó identity with the creation of the Reserve Pataxó of Jaqueira, in a project of rescue of the memory and culture pataxó And environmental preservation. In order to meet the research objectives, we elaborated two analyzes: the first of the historical, geographic, economic, political and social aspects of the reality in which the Pataxó people are inserted, through developed academic researches and specialized literature on the process of colonization of South of Bahia in general, and of the Pataxó in particular, and in the narrative contributions of the Pataxó themselves; Located in the first part of the research indicated as Pataxó historical route. The second analysis, supported by research and academic bibliography, was empirically based on the process of recognition and territorialisation of the Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira village, based on the proposal of the economic, cultural and environmental project of Ethnotourism and its implications for Construction of Pataxó ethnic identity with emancipatory meaning. Based on the theoretical proposal of the identity of Antonio da Costa Ciampa and the theory of ethnicity as a form of social interaction of Fredrik Barth and in the struggle for recognition of Axel Honnet. The empirical material was obtained through participant observation, the analysis of 22 semi-structured interviews, 3 interviews based on the life history narrative, and the collective meeting that involved the group of subjects of the research for the reflection and discussion of the results of the search. Interviewees between young people and adults, male and female, aged between 18 and 60 years; From elementary to higher education; Of which only two subjects were not literate. The research has shown that the struggle for recognition on both moral and social grounds constitutes the emancipatory processes that characterize the Political Identities of the indigenous Pataxó ethnic group as it claims for itself the juridical recognition of the original right to its territories in search of Better living conditions and the maintenance of their ethnic identity through the preservation of their customs and traditions. The results of the research indicated that through the self-determination of the indigenous people of the Jaqueira Pataxó Reserve in rescuing the indigenous-Pataxó-traditional character, it was possible to mark ethnic identity in the reserve's Ethnotourism services, providing the direction of economic, environmental and Cultural, inspiring the other villages with a vocation for ethnotourism to follow in the same direction, and Jaqueira became a recognized reference of cultural strengthening and environmental preservation to all other Pataxó villages. The indigenous-Pataxó-traditional character in his self-determination expresses the emancipatory sense of the group regarding the oppressions suffered by persecutions, physical and psychological tortures imputed by the surrounding non-indigenous society and the impossibility of living with their relatives and with their customs and tradition, In its own sacred territory. The character-warrior-pataxó characterizes the character-indigenous-with-rights giving rise to the character-pataxó-da-jaqueira who struggle to keep the character-pataxó-with-recognition / Constitui-se o foco desta pesquisa o processo de construção identitária com sentido emancipatório a partir da cosmovisão e luta por território do povo indígena pataxó; única etnia que conseguiu resistir no extremo-sul da Bahia, inserida num contexto de ameaças, perseguições e intensos conflitos. Considerados extintos até o início do século XX, a presença dos Pataxó na “Costa do Descobrimento” fez-se notar após o conhecido “massacre de 51”, marcado pela destruição, violência e incêndio na aldeia de Barra Velha, a “aldeia-mãe” da etnia, localizada na região do Monte Pascoal, o monte avistado pelos portugueses quando de sua chegada ao Brasil. O retorno dos sobreviventes do massacre à “aldeia-mãe” marca um período de intensa luta política e resistência, bem como a expansão de novas aldeias no entorno do Parque Nacional do Monte Pascoal, a migração de algumas famílias para o subdistrito de Coroa Vermelha, administrada pela prefeitura de Santa Cruz Cabrália, e a reivindicação por sua demarcação. Uma luta que se encerra após 24 anos com a retomada de uma área de mata atlântica em Coroa Vermelha ameaçada pela exploração capitalista e que inaugura uma nova fase identitária pataxó com a criação da Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira, num projeto de resgate da memória e cultura pataxó e de preservação ambiental. Para atender aos objetivos da pesquisa, elaboramos duas análise: a primeira dos aspectos históricos, geográficos, econômicos, políticos e sociais da realidade em que se insere o povo pataxó, através de pesquisas acadêmicas desenvolvidas e literatura especializada sobre o processo de colonização dos indígenas do sul da Bahia de forma geral e, dos pataxó em particular, e nas contribuições narrativas dos próprios pataxó; localizada na primeira parte da pesquisa indicada como percurso histórico pataxó. A segunda análise, apoiada em pesquisas e bibliografia acadêmica atravessada pelas contribuições empíricas, deu-se sobre o processo de luta por reconhecimento e territorialização da aldeia Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira a partir da proposta do projeto econômico, cultural e ambiental de Etnoturismo e seus desdobramentos para a construção da identidade étnica pataxó com sentido emancipatório, encontra-se na segunda parte denominada de percurso teórico-empírico. Fundamentada na proposta teórica de identidade de Antonio da Costa Ciampa e da teoria de etnicidade como forma de interação social de Fredrik Barth e na luta por reconhecimento de Axel Honnet. O material empírico foi obtido através da observação participante, da análise de 22 entrevistas semi-estruturadas, 3 entrevistas com base na narrativa de história de vida, e na reunião coletiva que envolveu o grupo de sujeitos da pesquisa para a reflexão e discussão dos resultados da pesquisa. Os entrevistados são do sexo masculino e feminino, de faixas etárias que variam entre 18 e 60 anos; de ensino fundamental a ensino superior; dentre os quais somente dois sujeitos não são alfabetizados. A pesquisa demonstrou que a luta por reconhecimento tanto no plano jurídico-moral quanto da estima-social constituem os processos emancipatórios que caracterizam as Identidades Políticas da etnia indígena Pataxó na medida em que reivindica para si o reconhecimento jurídico do direito originário aos seus territórios em busca de melhores condições de vida e da manutenção de sua identidade étnica através da preservação de seus costumes e tradições. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram que através da autodeterminação dos indígenas da Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira em resgatar a personagem-indígena-pataxó-tradicional, foi possível marcar a identidade-étnica nos serviços de etnoturismo da reserva, fornecendo a possibilidade da sustentabilidade econômica, ambiental e cultural, inspirando as demais aldeias com vocação para o etnoturismo a seguir na mesma direção, e a Jaqueira tornou-se referência reconhecida do fortalecimento cultural e preservação ambiental a todas as demais aldeias pataxó. A personagem-indígena-pataxó-tradicional em sua autodeterminação expressa o sentido emancipatório do grupo quanto às opressões sofridas por perseguições, torturas físicas e psicológicas imputadas pela sociedade envolvente de não indígenas e a impossibilidade de viver com seus parentes e com seus costumes e tradição, em seu próprio território sagrado. A personagem-guerreiro-pataxó protagoniza a personagem-indígena-com-direitos dando origem à personagem-pataxó-da-jaqueira que lutam por manter a personagem-pataxó-com-reconhecimento