1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457663303321

Autore

Berg Mette Louise <1969->

Titolo

Diasporic generations [[electronic resource] ] : memory, politics and nation among Cubans in Spain / / Mette Louise Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32647-7

9786613326478

0-85745-245-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

New directions in anthropology ; ; v. 33

Disciplina

305.868/7291046

Soggetti

Cubans - Spain - Politics and government

Cubans - Migrations

Cubans - Spain - Social conditions

Immigrants - Spain - Social conditions

Cubans - Spain - Ethnic identity

Transnationalism

Collective memory - Spain

Electronic books.

Cuba Relations Spain

Spain Relations Cuba

Spain Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.189-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction - The Changing Contours of a Contested Island; Chapter 1 - Cuba, Ethnography and the Politics of Fieldwork; Chapter 2 - Diasporic Generations; Chapter 3 - The Exiles; Chapter 4 - The Children of the Revolution; Chapter 5 - The Migrants; Chapter 6 - Gender, Diasporic and the Body; Conclusion - The Memory of Politics and the Politics of Memory; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The



Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda and in capturing world media attention, but in the process the multiplicity of experiences within the diaspora has been overshadowed. This book gives voice to diasporic Cubans living in Spain, the former colonial ruler of Cuba. By focusing on their lived experiences of displace

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782022003321

Titolo

The aid effect [[electronic resource] ] : giving and governing in international development / / edited by David Mosse and David Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Ann Arbor, : Pluto, 2005

ISBN

1-78371-366-6

1-84964-276-1

1-281-75082-4

9786611750824

1-4356-6252-0

Descrizione fisica

vi, 223 p

Collana

Anthropology, culture, society

Altri autori (Persone)

MosseDavid

LewisDavid <1960->

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Technical assistance - Developing countries

Economic development - International cooperation

Economic development - Sociological aspects

International economic relations

Developing countries Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originates from a conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London between 26 and 28 September 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.