Table of Contents
Foreword Barbara Carpenter vii
Introduction. Ethnicity in Mississippi: Stories Worth Telling Shana Walton 3
Section I Immigrants, Identity, and Sites of Connection
1 The International Immigrants of Mississippi: An Overview Carl L. Bankston III 15
2 European Mississippians Celeste Ray 32
3 African American Sacred and Secular Identities in Mississippi's Piney Woods Joyce Marie Jackson 74
4 The Story of Mound Bayou Amy L. Young Milburn J. Crowe 98
5 Down Around Biloxi: An Overview of Ethnic and Occupational Identity in a Coastal Town Aimee L. Schmidt 122
Section II Ethnicity in a Biracial Culture
6 Mississippi Delta Chinese Emily Erwin Jones Frieda Quon 145
7 Mississippi Mahjar: The Lebanese Immigration Experience in the Delta James Thomas 172
8 Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in Mississippi Stuart Rockoff 193
9 "Chahta Siyah Ókih": Ethnicity in the Oral Tradition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tom Mould 219
Section III Local Changes, Global Forces
10 The Vietnamese in Mississippi Vy Thuc Dao 263
11 The Changing Face of Hindu Identity in Jackson, Mississippi Devparna Roy Lola Williamson 284
12 Filipinas in the Deep South: Reading Domestic Oral Narratives as Sites of Politicization andtornmunity Building Linda Pierce Allen 309
13 The Genesis of a New Ethnic Group?: The Meanings of Latino/Hispanic Identity in South Mississippi Bridget Anne Hayden 333
Postscript. Celebrating Heritage and Recognizing Complexity and Change in Mississippi Culture Shana Walton 353
Contributors 367
Index 371