West Indian in the West : Self Representations in a Migrant Community.

As new immigrant communities continue to flourish in U.S. cities, their members continually face challenges of assimilation in the organization of their ethnic identities. West Indians provide a vibrant example. In West Indian in the West, Percy Hintzen draws on extensive ethnographic work with the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hintzen, Percy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2001.
Temas:
Immigrants > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Social conditions.
West Indian Americans > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Social conditions.
West Indian Americans > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Ethnic identity.
Américains d'origine antillaise > Californie > San Francisco, Région de la baie de > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine antillaise > Identité ethnique > Californie > San Francisco, Région de la baie de.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Ethnic relations
Immigrants > Social conditions
Social conditions
West Indian Americans > Social conditions
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Social conditions.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
San Francisco, Région de la baie de (Calif.) > Conditions sociales.
San Francisco, Région de la baie de (Calif.) > Relations interethniques.
California > San Francisco Bay Area
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Identity, Arena, and Performance: West Indians inSan Francisco Bay; 2 Performance and Meaning in West Indian ImmigrantIdentity: Public Displays of Self-Representation; 3 Promoters of Popular Culture; 4 Negotiating the Black-White Dichotomy: Marryingan African American; 5 Negotiating the Black-White Dichotomy: Images ofAfrican Americans; 6 Constructing an Immigrant Identity: Notions of aPermanent Foreigner; Epilogue: The Construction of Identity; References; Index; About the Author.

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