essay
All in the same boat?: unity and diversity in Haitian organizing in New York
Carribean life in New York City • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1987 • Pages: 182-201
By: Glick-Schiller, Nina, DeWind, Josh, Brutus, Marie Lucie, Charles, Carolle, Fouron, Georges, Thomas, Antoine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The necessity of examining immigrant organizing in an international context in order to understand trends toward unity or diversity is illustrated in this paper which deals with the analysis of Haitian organizing efforts in New York City. In this work conditions are described in both the United States and Haiti which have influenced the development of Haitian organizations. These conditions, according to the author, '…produce the seemingly contradictory unification of the 'Haitian community' based on nationalist or ethnic identities while blocking that unity by maintaining diverse interests, organizational goals and identities' (p. 183).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Sodalities
- Tribe and nation
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 1969-1971, 1985-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1957-1986
- 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
- Nina Glick Schiller, Josh DeWind, Marie Lucie Brutus, Carolle Charles, Georges Fouron, Antoine Thomas
- Includes bibliographcal references (p. 199-201)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85047915
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitian Americans