African & American: West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America - Brossura

Halter, Marilyn; Johnson, Violet Showers

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ISBN 10: 0814760708 ISBN 13: 9780814760703

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

African & American tells thestory of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West Africanimmigrants and refugees in the United States during the last forty years. Interrogatingthe complex role of post-colonialism in the recent history of black America,Marilyn Halter and Violet Showers Johnson highlight the intricate patterns ofemigrant work and family adaptation, the evolving global ties with Africa andEurope, and the translocal connections among the West African enclaves in theUnited States. Drawing on a rich variety of sources,including original interviews, personal narratives, cultural and historicalanalysis, and documentary and demographic evidence, African & American explores issues of cultural identityformation and socioeconomic incorporation among this new West African diaspora.Bringing the experiences of those of recent African ancestry from the peripheryto the center of current debates in the fields of immigration, ethnic, andAfrican American studies, Halter and Johnson examine the impact this communityhas had on the changing meaning of “African Americanness” and address theprovocative question of whether West African immigrants are, indeed, becomingthe newest African Americans.

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L'autore:

Marilyn Halter is Professor of History and American Studies at Boston University and Research Associate at the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. She is the author of Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants, 1860-1965 and Shopping for Identity: The Marketing of Ethnicity. 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0814760708
• ISBN 13: 9780814760703
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 335