Haitian Immigrants in Black America - A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait

A rich and deep account of the dynamics and nature of identity formation for this Black immigrant community.

List 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

About the author

Flore Zéphir

Product details

• Authors: Flore Zephir, Zephir Flore
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.1996
• EAN: 9780897894517
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-451-7
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Haiti, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Race and Ethnicity: African American Studies