Book
Haitian immigrants in Black America: a sociological and sociolinguistic portrait
Bergin & Garvey • Westport, Conn. • Published In 1996 • Pages:
By: Zéphir, Flore.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book, which focuses on the Haitian American population of New York City, provides a sociological and sociolinguistic analysis of Haitians in America, written from the perspective of the group itself. In this work the mechanisms that shape Haitian immigrant identity are explored as well as the Haitian definition of themselves as a distinct ethnic group, revealing in the process the strength and extent of this ethnic identification. Throughout this study the author reports the voices of Haitians as they speak, as they feel, and most important, how they experience their new life in the United States (p. 15). The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 presents a sociological portrait of the Haitian immigrants and looks at the process of the formation of their identity as a distinct Black ethnic group. Part 2 sketches out a sociolinguistic portrait. It describes the language selection of the immigrants as a non-English-speaking group by looking at issues of language maintenance, use, choice, and attitudes. In addition it underscores the importance of the native language in the construction of Haitian ethnicity in the United States (p. 4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- Ethnic stratification
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Linguist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920s-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Flore Zéphir
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95036906
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitian Americans