| Included Work | Charles, Carolle. Transnationalism in the construct of Haitian migrants' racial categories of identity in New York City. |
| Included Work | Fjellman, Stephen M. Haitian family patterns of migration to south Florida. |
| Included Work | Glick, Nina Barnett, 1945- Everywhere we go, we are in danger. |
| Included Work | Glick, Nina Barnett, 1945- All in the same boat? |
| Included Work | Stepick, Alex. Refugees nobody wants. |
| Included Work | Zéphir, Flore, 1958- Haitian immigrants in Black America. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series |
eHRAF world cultures. North America
EHRAF world cultures. North America. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Transnationalism in the construct of Haitian migrants' racial categories of identity in New York City / Carolle Charles -- Haitian family patterns of migration to south Florida / Stephen M. Fjellman and Hugh Gladwin -- Cultural summary, Haitian Americans / Nina Glick Schiller, Carolle Charles and John Beierle -- Everywhere we go, we are in danger ; All in the same boat? / Nina Glick-Schiller -- American odyssey / Michel S. Laguerre -- Language and identity / Susan Buchanan Stafford -- The Haitians / Susan Buchanan Stafford -- Flight into despair ; The refugees nobody wants / Alex Stepick -- Becoming Black American / Tekle Mariam Woldemikael -- Haitian immigrants in Black America / Flore Zéphir. |
| Abstract |
Haitian Americans are people living in the United States whose origins are the island of Haiti. This file consists of eleven documents, all in English. The time coverage for the file ranges from approximately 1958 to the 1980s. The primary focus of the file is on the Haitian population in New York City (seven documents), with a secondary foci on Miami, Florida (two documents), and on Evanston, Illinois and the United States as a whole (one document each). Probably the most comprehensive study of the Haitian Americans is that of Laguerre which although centering on the New York City area does provide some additional data on other Haitian groups in the United States (e.g., regarding internal migrations, etc.). Nearly all the works in this file deal in a greater or lesser degree with the Haitian emigration to the United States, settlement patterns, the establishment of new ethnic identities, cultural adaptation, and relations with the black American population. Other major topics of ethnographic interest are: sociological and sociolinguistic analysis of Haitians in America, language use (French, Creole, English), social structure of the Haitian community, economics and education, and family organization and structure. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 16, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was first released in 1998. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
