Belonging to Puerto Rico and America
Subtitle: New York Puerto Rican children's developing conceptualization of their own cultural group
By: Abigail Stahl McNamee.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606924938
Subjects: Puerto Rican children -- Ethnic identity; Puerto Rican children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Puerto Rican children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs; Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Children as cultural and ethnic beings; title: Children of immigrant families; title: Children as conceptual thinkers; title: Childrens' conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness; title: Asking Puerto Rican children about Puerto Ricanness; title: Patterns in the children's conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness; title: The development of the childrens' overall conceptualization of Puerto Ricanness; title: The importance of homeland; title: The importance of family ties; title: The importance of physical appearance; title: The importance of language; title: The importance of the "specialness" of Puerto Rican people; title: The importance of prejudice; title: The importance of safety; title: Thinking about the children's thinking and thinking about application.