Ethnic heritage in Mississippi, the twentieth century / Shana Walton, editor ; Barbara Carpenter, general editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walton, Shana, 1961-

Carpenter, Barbara.

Mississippi Humanities Council.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Minorities.

Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.

Mississippi.

Mississippi--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi and Mississippi Humanities Council, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout its history, Mississippi has seen a small, steady stream of immigrants, and those identities--sometimes submerged, sometimes hidden--have helped shape the state in important ways. Amid renewed interest in identity, the Mississippi Humanities Council has commissioned a companion volume to its earlier book that studied ethnicity in the state from the period 1500-1900. This new book, Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi: The Twentieth Century, offers stories of immigrants overcoming obstacles, immigrants newly arrived, and long-settled groups witnessing a revitalized claim to membership. The

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction. Ethnicity in Mississippi: Stories Worth Telling; SECTION I: Immigrants, Identity, and Sites of Connection; 1. The International Immigrants of Mississippi: An Overview; 2. European Mississippians; 3. African American Sacred and Secular Identities in Mississippi's Piney Woods; 4. The Story of Mound Bayou; 5. Down Around Biloxi: An Overview of Ethnic and Occupational Identity in a Coastal Town; SECTION II: Ethnicity in a Biracial Culture; 6. Mississippi Delta Chinese; 7. Mississippi Mahjar: The Lebanese Immigration Experience in the Delta

8. Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in Mississippi9. "Chahta Siyah Ókih": Ethnicity in the Oral Tradition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; SECTION III: Local Changes, Global Forces; 10. The Vietnamese in Mississippi; 11. The Changing Face of Hindu Identity in Jackson, Mississippi; 12. Filipinas in the Deep South: Reading Domestic Oral Narratives as Sites of Politicization and Community Building; 13. The Genesis of a New Ethnic Group?: The Meanings of Latino/Hispanic Identity in South Mississippi; Postscript. Celebrating Heritage and Recognizing Complexity and Change in Mississippi Culture

ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-45533-1

9786613455338

1-61703-263-8

OCLC:

776689099