1st Edition

Caribbean Migration Globalized Identities

Edited By Mary Chamberlain Copyright 1998
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

Mary Chamberlain