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



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Autore: Flores Juan <1943-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The diaspora strikes back : Caribeno tales of learning and turning / / Juan Flores Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
Disciplina: 304.8/7295073
304.82
Soggetto topico: Return migration - Social aspects - Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricans - Migrations
Soggetto geografico: Puerto Rico Emigration and immigration
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 Dominicans bringing slices of New Yo
Titolo autorizzato: The diaspora strikes back  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-92759-6
1-281-70711-2
9786611707118
0-203-89461-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811821303321
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Serie: Cultural spaces series.