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Ethnic identification among urban Latinos : language and flexibility / Rosalyn Negrón.

"Negron examines how New York City Latinos negotiate between multiple ethnic identifications. She finds no one-to-one relationship between biographical ethnicity and the use of language and other ethnic markers. Through linguistic flexibility, cross-cultural fluency, and negotiating aspects of...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Negrón, Rosalyn, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic Americans > Languages.
Hispanic Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Hispanic Americans > Cultural assimilation
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity
Table of Contents:
  • CHAPTER 1. Latinos & Ethnic Flexibility
  • CHAPTER 2. Research Methods
  • CHAPTER 3. Ethnic Identification in the NYC Context
  • CHAPTER 4. "I Can Roll Into Whatever": The Case of Roberto
  • CHAPTER 5. "I Want Them To Be Happy": The Case of Abel
  • CHAPTER 6. Challenging Ethnic Categories
  • APPENDIX A. Life History Interview
  • APPENDIX B. Social Network Questionnaire
  • APPENDIX C. Transcription Conventions.

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