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2. Language, culture and Caribbean identity
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Allsopp,Jeannette (Editor) and Rickford,John R. (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 178 p., A publication to commemorate the life and work of the late Richard Allsopp, Caribbean linguist extraordinaire, pioneering lexicographer and cultural researcher. Explores various aspects of language, culture and identity in the region, focusing on themes that engaged Allsopp in his lifetime: Creole linguistics, Caribbean lexicography, language in folklore and religion, literature, music and dance, and language issues in Caribbean schools.
3. Perceived Discrimination and Linguistic Adaptation of Adolescent Children of Immigrants
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Medvedeva,Maria (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Aug 2010
- Published:
- Germany: Springer-Verlag
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Journal Title Details:
- 39(8) : 940-952
- Notes:
- Examines the relationship between perceived discrimination and self-reported proficiency in English and non-English languages among adolescent children of immigrants. Data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study was used. The average age of participants was 17.2 years; 1,494 were females and 1,332 were males. Among 2,826 participants, 61% reported Latin American and Caribbean national origin and 39% reported Asian national origin. Findings showed that adolescents who felt discriminated against by school peers were more likely to report speaking and reading English less than "very well". On the other hand, adolescents who felt discriminated against by teachers and counselors at school or reported perceived societal discrimination were more likely to report speaking and reading English "very well."
4. Rastafarian Repatriates And The Negotiation Of Place In Ghana
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- White,Carmen M. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2010
- Published:
- Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Ethnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 49(4) : 303-320
- Notes:
- For most Ghanaians, the tenets of Pan-Africanism are remote principles that bear little relevance in daily life, in which kinship, linguistic, ethnic, and national affiliations are primary markers of identity. This presents challenges for repatriated Rastafarians from the Caribbean, United States, and Europe, who attempt to establish a home and a place within Ghanaian society while retaining Rastafarian ways of living and spiritual philosophies drawn from a Pan-African ethos.