Africans in global migration : searching for promised lands / / edited by John A. Arthur, Joseph Takougang, Thomas Owusu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967787303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-94056-6; 0-7391-7407-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ArthurJohn A. <1958->; TakougangJoseph; OwusuThomas Y <1961-> (Thomas Yaw)
• Disciplina: 304.8096
• Soggetti: African diaspora; Black people - Race identity; Africa 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Searching for Promised Lands: Conceptualization of the African Diaspora in Migration; Ch02. The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Associations in Canada; Ch03. Identity Formation and Integration among Bicultural Immigrant Blacks; Ch04. Identity Politics of Ghanaian Immigrants in the Greater Cincinnati Area: Emerging Geography and Sociology of Immigrant Experiences; Ch05. Reconciling Multiple Black Identities: The Case of 1.5 and 2.0 Nigerian Immigrants; Ch06. Making-In-Roads: African Immigrants and Business Opportunities in the United StatesCh07. Geography of a Globalized Labor Market: Zimbabwean Migrant Nurse Trajectory and Work Experiences in the UK; Ch08. Relationship among Blacks in the Diaspora: African, and Caribbean Immigrants and American-Born Blacks; Ch09. Contextualizing the Attitudes of African Americans Toward U.S. Immigration Policies: Some Preliminary Findings; Ch10. African Immigrant Relationships with Homeland Countries; Ch11. African Women in the New Diaspora: Transnationalism and the (Re)Creation of Home; Ch12. Border Questions in African Diaspora LiteratureCh13. Modeling the Determinants of Voluntary Reverse Migration Flows and Repatriation of African Immigrants; Ch14. Africans in Global Migration: Still Searching for Promised Lands; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: A common thread in this book is the depiction of the African diasporas not only as a cultural epiphenomena (or interlocking communities), but also as a process characterized by identity transformations, lived experiences and realities, including the capturing of the historical trends that are acted and played out in multiple social domains. The heart of the diaspora domain is the cultural communities which serve at the fulcrum or the center of action exemplifying the vibrant nature and the continuities inherent in the formation of the diaspora.