Afro-Latino Language Attitudes and Identity in the United States and Latin America

This research project sought to collectively study the identity and linguistic attitudes of Afro-Latinos in the diaspora and in the homeland. The diaspora being the United States and the homeland being Latin America and Bogotá, Colombia. This study employs Tabouret-Keller’s (1998) concepts on language as acts of identity and Toribio’s (2006) model which incorporates race and ethnicity as factors that play a role in how language and identity work together. The participants in this study represent only a small population of Afro-Latinos from diverse socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. The interviews included in this project are an authentic reflection of Afro-Latinos living in and outside of the United States. These first-hand experiences allow Afro-Latinos to be heard and reflect on their truths as Black Latinos. It offers a panoramic view on Afro-Latino language attitudes, their identity, relationships with other Latinos and Black peoples, and their connection to Latin America.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Spanish

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Akines, Arielle Lanae

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Gutiérrez, Manuel J.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Fairclough, Marta A.
• Balestra, Alejandra
• Wheeler, Eva Michelle

• Afro-Latinos
• Identity
• Sociolinguistics

Statement dc:rights

• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10657/4689

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/4689