Ethnicity and Ethnically "Mixed" Identity in Belize

A Study of Primary School-Age Children

Bibliographic Data

ID2470608
AuthorsSarah Woodbury Haug, Sarah Haug (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume29
Issue1
Pages44-67
Publication date1998-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology & Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-7761 • E-ISSN: 1548-1492
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/aeq.1998.29.1.44
OpenAlexW2167139154
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited15

This article focuses on the ehtnic identity of children in Belize. Belizean nationalism, as taught in the primary schools, is both pan-ethnic and multiethnic. However, because the increasingly widespread practice of ethnic mixing is unacknowledged, there is a discrepancy between what is taught in school and the daily life of children. This has resulted in a paradox. Whereas the overt intent is to recognize and celebrate difference, the result has been to silence children's voices

Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Nationalism · Political science · Silence · Sociology · Anthropology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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