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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811821303321

Autore

Flores Juan <1943-2014.>

Titolo

The diaspora strikes back : Caribeño tales of learning and turning / / Juan Flores

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-92759-6

1-281-70711-2

9786611707118

0-203-89461-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Cultural spaces series

Disciplina

304.8/7295073

304.82

Soggetti

Return migration - Social aspects - Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans - Migrations

Puerto Rico Emigration and immigration

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. [217]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: CARIBEÑOS, COUNTERSTREAMS AND CULTURAL REMITTANCES; PART 1: CONCEPTUAL BEARINGS; 1 THINKING DIASPORA FROM BELOW; 2 OF REMIGRANTS AND REMITTANCES; 3 CARIBEÑO COUNTERSTREAM; PART 2: NARRATIVE GROUNDINGS; 4 TALES OF LEARNING AND TURNING; PART 3: STYLE TRANSFERS; 5 BRING THE SALSA: Diaspora Music as Source and Challenge; 6 OPEN MIC: Poetry, Performance, Emerging Identities; CODA: VISUAL CROSSINGS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In The Diaspora Strikes Back the eminent ethnic and cultural studies scholar Juan Flores flips the process on its head: what happens to the home country when it is being constantly fed by emigrants returning from abroad? He looks at how 'Nuyoricans' (Puerto Rican New Yorkers) have transformed the home country, introducing hip hop and modern New York culture to the Caribbean island. While he focuses on New York and Mayaguez (in Puerto Rico), the model is broadly applicable. Indians introducing contemporary British culture to India; New York



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