Caribbean migration to Western Europe and the United States : essays on incorporation, identity, and citizenship / / edited by Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez, Ramon Grosfoguel, and Eric Mielants

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.8/40729
• Soggetto topico: West Indians - Migrations; West Indians - Europe, Western - Social conditions; West Indians - United States - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Caribbean Area Emigration and immigration; Europe, Western Emigration and immigration; United States Emigration and immigration
• Altri autori: Cervantes-RodriguezAna Margarita GrosfoguelRamon MielantsEric
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Theorizing about and beyond transnational processes / Nina Glick Schiller -- Colonial racism, ethnicity, and citizenship : the lessons of the migration experiences of French-speaking Caribbean populations / Michel Giraud -- From the periphery to the core : a case study on the migration and incorporation of recent Caribbean immigrants in the Netherlands / Eric Mielants -- Puerto Ricans in the United States and French West Indian immigrants in France / Monique Milia-Marie-Luce -- Puerto Rican migration and settlement in south Florida : ethnic identities and transnational spaces / Elizabeth Aranda -- Racialized culture and translocal counter-publics : rumba and social disorder in New York and Havana / Lisa Maya Knauer -- The making of Suriland : the binational development of a black community between the tropics and the North Sea / Livio Sansone -- Cubans and Dominicans : is there a Latino experience in the United States? / John R. Logan and Wenquan Zhang -- Dominican women, heads of households in Spain / Laura Oso Casas -- Identity and kinship : Caribbean transnational narratives / Mary Chamberlain.
• Sommario/riassunto: Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States features a diverse group of scholars from across academic disciplines studying the transnational paths of Caribbean migration. How has the colonial path of the Caribbean influenced migration with regard to power relations, ethnic identities and transnational processes?Through a series of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. They show the demographic, socioeconomic, politi
• Titolo autorizzato: Caribbean migration to Western Europe and the United States
• ISBN: 1-59213-955-8; 9786612047466; 1-282-04746-9; 1-59213-956-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825062303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II