essay
Language and identity: Haitians in New York City
Carribean life in New York City • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1987 • Pages: 202-217
By: Stafford, Susan Buchanan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on identity and status conflicts experienced by Haitian immigrants in New York City and expressed in their debates over language usage, particularly, in this case, as it pertains to the use of French or Creole in the Catholic Mass at a Brooklyn church. The author notes that the '…issue of language not only continues to express identity and status conflicts among Haitian immigrants, but it is also a vehicle for debating the leadership within the Haitian milieu and the representation of the Haitian community to the wider society' (p. 203).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Linguistic identification
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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
- Oct. 1974-Jan. 1977
- 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)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Buchanan Stafford
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85047915
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitian Americans