"An important contribution to discussions of identity construction
in a globalized world and will be enjoyed and debated by students
of ethnic studies."
--"Library Journal"
"I believe Hintzen's work reflects valuable insights."
--"International Migration Review"
As new immigrant communities continue to flourish in U.S.
cities, their members continually face challenges of assimilatation
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, symbols, and
images with which West Indians identify in order to differentiate
themselves from the culture which surrounds them are distinct
depending on what part of the U.S. they live in. West Indian
identity comes to take on different meanings within different
locations in the United States.
In the San Francisco Bay area, West Indians negotiate their
identity within a system of race relations that is shaped by the
social and political power of African Americans. By asserting their
racial identity as black, West Indians make legal and official
claims to resources reserved exclusively for African Americans. At
the same time, the West Indian community insulates itself from the
problems of the black/white dichotomy in the U.S. by setting itself
apart.
Hintzen examines how West Indians publicly assert their identity
by making use of the stereotypic understandings of West Indians
which exist in the larger culture. He shows how ethnic communities
negotiate spaces forthemselves within the broader contexts in which
they live.
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