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“Everywhere we go, We are in danger”: Ti Manno and the emergence of a Haitian transnational identity
Author(s) -
GLICKSCHILLER NINA,
FOURON GEORGES
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1990.17.2.02a00080
Subject(s) - transnationalism , race (biology) , immigration , identity (music) , nationalism , gender studies , ethnic group , class (philosophy) , sociology , political science , law , anthropology , aesthetics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science
The lyrics of Ti Manno, a popular Haitian singer, and the short‐lived Ti Manno movement are examined in order to elucidate the factors that shape the multiple and overlapping identities of Haitian immigrants. It is argued that, as black immigrants, Haitians tend to be “transnationals” who form identities that allow them to accommodate to and resist realities of race and class in both Haiti and the United States. [transnationalism, ethnic identity, race, immigration, Haiti, nationalism, class]