The phrase "a given people" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific group of individuals or a community in a general sense, often in discussions about culture, identity, or social issues.
Example: "The rights and responsibilities of a given people should be respected in any democratic society."
Alternatives: "a specific group" or "a particular community".
This is a good article, but it strikes me as unfair to brand a given people as being without humor.
NANCY L. HARLEY, Newport, R.I. 'THEIR FIRST LENNY BRUCE COULD BE COMING' This is a good article, but it strikes me as unfair to brand a given people as being without humor.
Modernity is synonymous with subversion, since with its universalist ideologies (liberalism, democracy, communism) it destroys the communitarian and traditional bonds that unite the members of a given people and separates this same people from its territory and history.
While abroad, I have lived and worked in both rural and urban settings and believe that, whether writing about Spain, Mexico, or the United States, my work is grounded in direct observations of a given people and reflects a sensitivity to regional, ethnic, class, and gender diversity.
Particularism, also called historical particularism, school of anthropological thought associated with the work of Franz Boas and his students (among them A.L. Kroeber, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead), whose studies of culture emphasized the integrated and distinctive way of life of a given people.
In other words, what gives a particular work of art its distinctive, if any, racial character: the racial identity of its author, its treatment of themes characteristic of a particular racial experience in a particular place, or its use of styles and modes of expression peculiar to a given people?
For altruistic or financial reasons, Americans are a giving people.
Social media has given people a new avenue for communication.
It's a war to give people a chance".
"I have a fun time giving people a hard time," he added.
Sending out a resume first gives people a lot of opportunities to reject you.
