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Ethnic Identity On Display: West Indian Youth And The Creation Of Ethnic Boundaries In High School, Bedelia N. Richards
Ethnic Identity On Display: West Indian Youth And The Creation Of Ethnic Boundaries In High School, Bedelia N. Richards
Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications
The black immigrant population in New York City has grown exponentially since 1990, such that West Indians now compose the majority of the black population in several neighbourhoods. This article examines how this ethnic density manifests among youth in high school, and how it has influenced ethnic identity formation among second-generation West Indians. My findings are based on twenty-four interviews and eight months of participant observation in two Brooklyn high schools from 2003 to 2004. The results show that in both schools, Caribbean island identities have become a ‘cool’ commodity within peer groups. Further, although it was important to express …
Religion And The Politics Of Ethnic Identity In Bahia, Brazil (Book Review), Jan Hoffman French
Religion And The Politics Of Ethnic Identity In Bahia, Brazil (Book Review), Jan Hoffman French
Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Stephen Selka investigates the role of religion in encouraging, or discouraging, the formation of black identity in Bahia, the Brazilian state that is regarded as the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, religion, and politics. As he strives to understand and theorize the crucial, but complex, relationship between religion and what he terms "Afro-Brazilian identity," Selka describes how adherents of the three primary religious trends in Bahia (Catholicism, Candomble, and evangelical Protestantism) view the effects of their religious institutions on the construction of that identity. This question is addressed through selected quotes from leaders and members of the respective religious groups (and …