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West Indian in the West : self-representations in an immigrant community / Percy C. Hintzen.
LIBRA F869.S39 W545 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hintzen, Percy C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indian Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Ethnic identity.
- West Indian Americans.
- California--San Francisco Bay Area.
- Ethnicity.
- West Indian Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Immigrants--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- x, 201 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- 1 Identity, Arena, and Performance: West Indians in San Francisco Bay 9
- 2 Performance and Meaning in West Indian Immigrant Identity: Public Displays of Self-Representation 34
- 3 Promoters of Popular Culture 55
- 4 Negotiating the Black-White Dichotomy: Marrying an African American 88
- 5 Negotiating the Black-White Dichotomy: Images of African Americans 111
- 6 Constructing an Immigrant Identity: Notions of a Permanent Foreigner 163
- Epilogue: The Construction of Identity 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814735991
- 0814736009
- OCLC:
- 47056278
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