Publications

Publication details [#27687]

Larkey, Linda Kathryn, Michael L. Hecht and Judith Martin. 1993. What´s in a name? African American ethnic identity terms and self-determination. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 12 (4) : 302–317.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnicity | identity negotiation | meaning | naming1 | self-presentation

Place, Publisher

Sage Periodical Press

ISBN

0261-927X

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study examines major shifts in the predominant terms used to describe African American identity in the past several decades, focusing on the range and variety of ethnic identity ascription from within the culture.