An ethnographic study of migration based on the experiences of three dispersed Caribbean families as they maintain networks across their diverse locations. An ethnographic analysis of the cultural meanings of migration and home in three families of West Indian origin whose members are dispersed throughout the Caribbean, North America and Great Britain.
An ethnographic study of migration based on the experiences of three dispersed Caribbean families as they maintain networks across their diverse locations.An ethnographic analysis of the cultural meanings of migration and home in three families of West Indian origin whose members are dispersed throughout the Caribbean, North America and Great Britain.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Karen Fog Olwig is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of Global Culture, Island Identity: Continuity and Change in the Afro-Caribbean Community of Nevis and Cultural Adaptation and Resistance on St. John: Three Centuries of Afro-Caribbean Life and a coeditor of Caribbean Narratives of Belonging: Fields of Relations, Sites of Identity.
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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part One: A Jamaican Family 1. Learning to Mix in Society 39 2. Seeking Improvement beyond Jamaica 62 Part Two:A Dominican Family 3. The Village Origins 97 4. In Pursuit of a Proper Livelihood 118 Part Three: A Nevisian Family 5. A Family Home 155 6. To Better Our Condition 176 Part Four: The Family Legacies 7. The First Generation: Migrating for Improvement of Self and the Family 215 8. Generational Perspectives: Negotiating Identities and Origins 244 9. Relating Regional, Family, and Individual Histories of Migration 270 Notes 287 References 297 Index 311
Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part One: A Jamaican Family 1. Learning to Mix in Society 39 2. Seeking Improvement beyond Jamaica 62 Part Two:A Dominican Family 3. The Village Origins 97 4. In Pursuit of a Proper Livelihood 118 Part Three: A Nevisian Family 5. A Family Home 155 6. To Better Our Condition 176 Part Four: The Family Legacies 7. The First Generation: Migrating for Improvement of Self and the Family 215 8. Generational Perspectives: Negotiating Identities and Origins 244 9. Relating Regional, Family, and Individual Histories of Migration 270 Notes 287 References 297 Index 311
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