"Hold the Chow Mein, Gimme Soca": Creolization of the Chinese in Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica.

Ho, Christine

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Publication Date: 1989

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"Hold the Chow Mein, Gimme Soca": Creolization of the Chinese in Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica.

Ho, Christine

Amerasia Journal, v15 n2 p3-25 1989

Provides a brief history of the Chinese in the British Caribbean. Examines the phenomenon of creolization among the Chinese in Guyana, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Compares differences in the extent of creolization within each country. Discusses factors behind these variations of enculturation into Caribbean culture. (JS)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Culture, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Power Structure, Racial Bias, Religious Factors, Social Adjustment, Social Class, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Guyana; Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago

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