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Roth Wendy D |
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Race migrations [[electronic resource] ] : Latinos and the cultural transformation of race / / Wendy D. Roth |
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Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hispanic Americans - Race identity |
Hispanic Americans - Social conditions |
Dominican Americans - Race identity |
Puerto Ricans - Race identity - United States |
Race - Social aspects - United States |
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United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
Dominican Republic Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
Puerto Rico Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. How Immigration Changes Concepts of Race; 2. Beyond the Continuum: Race in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico; 3. Migrant Schemas: Race in the United States; 4. Transnational Diffusion; 5. Multiple Forms of Racial Stratification; 6. Performing Race Strategically; 7. Is Latino Becoming a Race? : Cultural Change and Classifications; Appendix: Notes on Methodology; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race-for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants can gain new language proficiencies, they can pick up new understandings of race. But adopting an American idea about race does not mean abandoning earlier ideas. New racial schemas transfer across |
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