West Indian in the West: Self-Representations in an Immigrant Community

by Percy C. Hintzen

Book Overview

As new immigrant communities continue to flourish in U.S. cities, their members continually face challenges of assimilation in the organization of their ethnic identities. West Indians provide a vibrant example.
In West Indian in the West, Percy Hintzen draws on extensive ethnographic work with the West Indian community in the San Francisco Bay area to illuminate the ways in which social context affects ethnic identity formation. The memories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814736009
• ISBN13: 9780814736005
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"