Haitian Immigrants in Black America

A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

Written by a member of the Black Haitian community, this book brings to life the mechanisms that shape Haitian immigrant identity and underscores the complexity of such an identity. Zéphir explains why Haitians define themselves as a distinct ethnic group and examines the various parameters of Haitian ethnicity. Through hundreds of interviews, the author gathered the voices of Haitians as they speak, as they feel, and most importantly, how they experience America and its system of racial classification. This work is a description of the diversity of the Black population in America and an effort to dispel the myth of a monolithic minority or sidestream culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-04-18
Mått:161 x 240 x 15 mm
Vikt:467 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780897894517

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

FLORE ZÉPHIR is Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Missouri where she coordinates the foreign language education program. She has contributed an article on the Haitian middle class to the journal Research in Race and Ethnic Relations and has published chapters in books on multiculturalism and foreign language teaching. She has received recognition as an outstanding teacher.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Haitian Immigrants: Sociological Dimensions Haitians in New York City Premigration Experience of Haitian Immigrants Emergence and Essence of Haitian Immigrant Ethnicity Haitians' Responses to African Americans Haitian Immigrants: Sociolinguistic Dimensions Language and Ethnicity in the Haitian Immigrant Context Patterns of Language Use of Haitian Immigrants Haitians, American Cultural Pluralism, and Black Ethnics Appendix: Interview Questions Works Cited