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Belonging to Puerto Rico and America : New York Puerto Rican children's developing conceptualization of their own cultural group / Abigail Stahl McNamee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNamee, Abigail Stahl.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Rican children--Ethnic identity.
- Puerto Rican children.
- 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.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contents: Background; Introduction: Children as Cultural and Ethnic Beings; Children of Immigrant Families; Children as Conceptual Thinkers; Asking Puerto Rican Children about Puerto Ricanness; Patterns in the Children's Conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness; The Development of the Childrens' Overall 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; Index.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60876-639-X
- OCLC:
- 829370509
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