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Creating Black Caribbean ethnic identity / / Yndia S. Lorick-Wilmot



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Autore: Lorick-Wilmot Yndia S. <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Creating Black Caribbean ethnic identity / / Yndia S. Lorick-Wilmot Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
Disciplina: 305.896/0729
Soggetto topico: Caribbean Americans - Social conditions
Caribbean Americans - Ethnic identity
Caribbean Americans - Services for
Caribbean Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Caribbean Americans - New York (State) - New York - Ethnic identity
Caribbean Americans - Services for - New York (State) - New York
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Introduction; CHAPTER 2; From Grassroots Movement to Rise of an Organization; CHAPTER 3; Legacies of race and Immigrant-based Policies and the Expansion of The Caribbean Service Center; CHAPTER 4; Homecoming: Celebrating Caribbean Ethnic Identity; CHAPTER 5; Problems and Possibilities; CHAPTER 6; Final Word; APPENDIX A; Description of Positions and Demographic Information, New York; APPENDIX B; Listing of Participants; APPENDIX C; Methodology and Description of Instrument; APPENDIX D; Detailed Description of Programming and Services; REFERENCES; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Lorick-Wilmot explores the complexities of Black Caribbean ethnic identity by examining the role a community-based organization plays in creating ethnic options for its first-generation Black Caribbean immigrant clients. Her case study particularly focuses on a Caribbean-identified organization's history, culture and climate, and the kinds of resources staff and community leaders provide that, ultimately, supports the maintenance of Caribbean ethnicity and Black ethnic identities and slows the rate of acculturation. Her case study points to the ways ethnic identity formations feed into the
Titolo autorizzato: Creating Black Caribbean ethnic identity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59332-647-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820261003321
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Serie: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)