Caribbean Migration
Globalized Identities
Published on 23. April 1998
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-0-415-16580-8 (ISBN)
Description
This anthology represents important and original directions in the study of Caribbean migration. It takes a comparative perspective on the Caribbean people's migratory experiences to North America, Europe, and within the Caribbean. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the book discusses:
* the causes of migration
* the experiences of migrants
* the historical, cultural and political processes
* issues of gender and imperialism
* the methodology of migration studies, including oral history.
* the causes of migration
* the experiences of migrants
* the historical, cultural and political processes
* issues of gender and imperialism
* the methodology of migration studies, including oral history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-16580-8 (9780415165808)
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Person
Mary Chamberlain
Content
Acknowledgements.
Introduction, Mary Chamberlain
Part 1: Re-thinking Diaspora
Cultural Diaspora: the Caribbean Case, Robin Cohen
Modes of Incorporation: Colonial Caribbean Migrants in Western Europe and the United States, Ramon Grosfoguel
Towards a Comparative Perspective on Caribbean Migration, ancy Foner
Part 2: Migration Narratives
Constructing Lives: Migration Narratives and Life Stories among Nevisians, Karen Fog Olwig
Genres of Migration, Selma Leydesdorff
Part 3: Ethnicity and Identity
The Legacy of Migration: Immigrant Mothers and Daughters and the Process of Intergenerational Transmission, Helma Lutz
Constructions of Ethnicity in the Diaspora: the Case of Three Generations of Surinamese-Javanese women in the Netherlands, Yvette Kopijn
Part 4: Family and Identity
The Delusive Continuities of the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora, Gert Oostindie
Family and Identity: Barbadian Migrants to Britain, Mary Chamberlain
Part 5: Caribbean Migration Cultures
Indians, Jamaicans and the Emergence of a Modern Migration Culture, Verene A. Shepherd
Barbadian Migrants in the Putumayo District of the Amazon, 1904-1911, Howard Johnson
Globalization and the Development of a Caribbean Migration Culture, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Part 6: Gender, Socialisation and Survival in Caribbean Communities
Trends in Levels of Caribbean Segregation, Great Britain, 1961-1991, Ceri Peach
Migration, Work and Gender: The Case of Post-war Labour Migration from the Caribbean to Britain, Margaret Byron
Compromise and Coping Strategies: Gender Issues and Caribbean Migration to France, Stephanie Condon
Strategies and Strategizing: The Struggle for Upward Mobility Among University Education Black Caribbean-born Men in Canada, Dwaine Plaza
Introduction, Mary Chamberlain
Part 1: Re-thinking Diaspora
Cultural Diaspora: the Caribbean Case, Robin Cohen
Modes of Incorporation: Colonial Caribbean Migrants in Western Europe and the United States, Ramon Grosfoguel
Towards a Comparative Perspective on Caribbean Migration, ancy Foner
Part 2: Migration Narratives
Constructing Lives: Migration Narratives and Life Stories among Nevisians, Karen Fog Olwig
Genres of Migration, Selma Leydesdorff
Part 3: Ethnicity and Identity
The Legacy of Migration: Immigrant Mothers and Daughters and the Process of Intergenerational Transmission, Helma Lutz
Constructions of Ethnicity in the Diaspora: the Case of Three Generations of Surinamese-Javanese women in the Netherlands, Yvette Kopijn
Part 4: Family and Identity
The Delusive Continuities of the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora, Gert Oostindie
Family and Identity: Barbadian Migrants to Britain, Mary Chamberlain
Part 5: Caribbean Migration Cultures
Indians, Jamaicans and the Emergence of a Modern Migration Culture, Verene A. Shepherd
Barbadian Migrants in the Putumayo District of the Amazon, 1904-1911, Howard Johnson
Globalization and the Development of a Caribbean Migration Culture, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Part 6: Gender, Socialisation and Survival in Caribbean Communities
Trends in Levels of Caribbean Segregation, Great Britain, 1961-1991, Ceri Peach
Migration, Work and Gender: The Case of Post-war Labour Migration from the Caribbean to Britain, Margaret Byron
Compromise and Coping Strategies: Gender Issues and Caribbean Migration to France, Stephanie Condon
Strategies and Strategizing: The Struggle for Upward Mobility Among University Education Black Caribbean-born Men in Canada, Dwaine Plaza