essay
Puerto Rican language and culture in New York City
Caribbean life in New York City : sociocultural dimensions • Staten Island, New York, N.y. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 222-234
By: Flores, Juan, Attinasi, John, Pedraza, Pedro.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
El Barrio (East Harlem), the oldest Puerto Rican community in New York City, was chosen as the site of study for this essay because it represents a large, old and stable settlement whose inhabitants consist of at least three generations of New York Puerto Ricans as well as large numbers of recent and circulating migrants. The focus is on Spanish-English bilingualism and the degree to which assimilation affects the language-culture nexus of the Puerto Rican population. Conclusions drawn from the analysis of the linguistic practices and attitudes of El Barrio emphasize the complexity of sociolinguistic change, challenge some assumptions on bilingualism, and have '…important consequences for the finding of educational policy for Hispanics, especially since these findings rest on an understanding of the historical and political position of Puerto Ricans in U.S. society' (p. 223).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Speech
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- East Harlem, New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Juan Flores, John Attinasi, and Pedro Pedraza, Jr.
- This is a shortened version of 'La carreta made a U-turn : Puerto Rican language and culture in New York City' published in 'Daedalus' 1981
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85047915
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York/N.Y.--Social conditions/Puerto Ricans--New York, N.Y.--Social life and customs