Bibliograph

Blurred borders, transnational migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States, Jorge Duany

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Blurred borders, transnational migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States, Jorge Duany

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blurred borders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

697612962

Responsibility statement

Jorge Duany

Sub title

transnational migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States

Summary

"In this comprehensive comparative study, Jorge Duany explores how migrants to the United States from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico maintain multiple ties to their countries of origin. Chronicling these diasporas from the end of World War II to the present, Duany argues that each sending country's relationship to the United States shapes the transnational experience for each migrant group, from legal status and migratory patterns to work activities and the connections migrants retain with their home countries. Blending extensive ethnographic, archival, and survey research, Duany proposes that contemporary migration challenges the traditional concept of the nation-state. Increasing numbers of immigrants and their descendants lead what Duany calls 'bifocal' lives, bridging two or more states, markets, languages, and cultures throughout their lives. Even as nations attempt to draw their boundaries more clearly, the ceaseless movement of transnational migrants, Duany argues, requires the rethinking of conventional equations between birthplace and residence, identity and citizenship, borders and boundaries."--Page 4 of cover

Table Of Contents

Crossing borders and boundaries in the Hispanic Caribbean -- Rethinking transnationalism : conceptual, theoretical, and practical problems -- In the entrails of the monster : a historical overview of Hispanic Caribbean migration to the United States -- Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean diasporas : a comparative approach -- Transnational colonial migration : Puerto Rico's farm labor program -- Orlando Ricans : overlapping identity discourses among middle-class Puerto Rican immigrants -- Revisiting the exception : the Cuban diaspora from a transnational perspective -- Beyond the rafters : recent trends and projections in Cuban migration -- Los países : transnational migration from the Dominican Republic -- Dominican diaspora to Puerto Rico : a transnational perspective -- Transnational crossroads : the circulation of people and money in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic -- How do borders blur?

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