ISBN:
159213954X
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9781592139552
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9781592139545
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (vi, 261 p)
,
ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States : Essays on Incorporation, Identity, and Citizenship
DDC:
304.8/40729
Schlagwort(e):
West Indians Social conditions
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West Indians Migrations
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West Indians Social conditions
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Caribbean Area ; Emigration and immigration
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Europe, Western ; Emigration and immigration
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United States ; Emigration and immigration
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West Indians ; Europe, Western ; Social conditions
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West Indians ; Migrations
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West Indians ; United States ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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United States Emigration and immigration
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Caribbean Area Emigration and immigration
;
Europe, Western Emigration and immigration
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Kurzfassung:
Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States features a diverse group of scholars from across academic disciplines studying the transnational paths of Caribbean migration. How has the colonial path of the Caribbean influenced migration with regard to power relations, ethnic identities and transnational processes?Through a series of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. They show the demographic, socioeconomic, political and cultural impac
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Introduction: Caribbean Migrations to Western Europe and the United States; 1 Theorizing about and beyond Transnational Processes; PART I State Policies and Migrants' Strategies; 2 Colonial Racism, Ethnicity, and Citizenship: The Lessons of the Migration Experiences of French-Speaking Caribbean Populations; 3 From the Periphery to the Core: A Case Study on the Migration and Incorporation of Recent Caribbean Immigrants in the Netherlands; 4 Puerto Ricans in the United States and French West Indian Immigrants in France; PART II Identities, Countercultures, and Ethnic Resilience
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5 Puerto Rican Migration and Settlement in South Florida: Ethnic Identities and Transnational Spaces6 Racialized Culture and Translocal Counter-Publics: Rumba and Social Disorder in New York and Havana; 7 The Making of Suriland: The Binational Development of a Black Community between the Tropics and the North Sea; PART III Incorporation, Entrepreneurship, and Household Strategies; 8 Cubans and Dominicans: Is There a Latino Experience in the United States?; 9 Dominican Women, Heads of Households in Spain; 10 Identity and Kinship: Caribbean Transnational Narratives; About the Contributors
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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