Hyphenated ethnicity

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A hyphenated ethnicity (or rarely hyphenated identity) is a reference to an

Irish-American
, etc., although modern English language style guides recommend dropping the hyphen: "Irish American".

The concept should not be confused with that of

multiraciality
, i.e., the ethnicity or race of a person whose parents have different ethnicities/races, which can also be written in a hyphenated way.

United States

Main article: Hyphenated American

The term "hyphenated American" originated in 1890s and was used disparagingly as a reference to immigrants who, by brandishing their ethnic origin, allegedly demonstrated an incomplete allegiance to the United States, especially during the World War I period.[2]

Brazil

Jeffrey Lesser wrote: "While there are no linguistic categories that acknowledge hyphenated ethnicity (a third generation Brazilian of Japanese descendant remains 'Japanese' while a fourth-generation Brazilian of Lebanese descent may become a turco, an arabe, a sirio, or a sirio-libanese), in fact immigrant communities aggressively tried to negotiate a status that allowed for both Brazilian nationality and ethnic difference".[3]

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References

  1. ^ Visconti, L., Jafari, A., Batat, W., Broeckerhoff, A., Dedeoglu, A., Demangeot, C., ... Weinberger, M. F. (2014). "Consumer ethnicity three decades after: A TCR agenda", Journal of Marketing Management, 30, 1882-1922. (online)
  2. ^ John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American Nativism, 1860–1925 (1955) p. 198
  3. JSTOR 1007473
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