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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779519503321

Autore

McNamee Abigail Stahl

Titolo

Belonging to Puerto Rico and America [[electronic resource] ] : New York Puerto Rican children's developing conceptualization of their own cultural group / / Abigail Stahl McNamee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-60876-639-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

305.23089

Soggetti

Puerto Rican children - Ethnic identity

Puerto Rican children - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions

Puerto Rican children - New York (State) - New York - Social life and customs

Puerto Ricans - New York (State) - New York

Bronx (New York, NY) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Children as cultural and ethnic beings -- Children of immigrant families -- Children as conceptual thinkers -- Childrens' conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness -- Asking Puerto Rican children about Puerto Ricanness -- Patterns in the children's conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness -- The development of children's overall conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness -- Emergent themes in the children's conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness -- The importance of homeland -- The importance of family ties -- The importance of physical appearance -- The importance of language -- The importance of the "specialness" of Puerto Rican people -- The importance of prejudice -- The importance of safety -- Thinking about the children's thinking and thinking about application.