Haitian immigrants in Black America : a sociological and sociolinguistic portrait
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Haitian immigrants in Black America : a sociological and sociolinguistic portrait
Bergin & Garvey, 1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. Zephir 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.
Table of Contents
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
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