Haitian Immigrants in Black America: A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait

Written by a member of the Black Haitian community, this book brings to life the mechanisms that shape Haitian immigrant identity and underscores the complexity of such an identity. Z phir explains why Haitians define themselves as a distinct ethnic group and examines the various parameters of Haitian ethnicity. Through hundreds of interviews, the author gathered the voices of Haitians as they speak, as they feel, and most importantly, how they experience America and its system of racial classification. This work is a description of the diversity of the Black population in America and an effort to dispel the myth of a monolithic minority or sidestream culture.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Zephir, Flore
Published: 04/18/1996
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 9780897894517
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.00w x 0.81d