Caribbean Transnationalism Migration, Socialization, and Social Cohesion,9780739111673

Caribbean Transnationalism Migration, Socialization, and Social Cohesion

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ISBN13: 9780739111673
ISBN10: 0739111671
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-05-04
Publisher(s): Lexington Books
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Summary

Exploring the old and new forms of transnationalism stemming from the Caribbean, Caribbean Transnationalism challenges present concepts about diaspora, brings into perspective new forms of transnationalism, and offers new perspectives on social cohesion in plural societies.

Table of Contents

I Introduction: Caribbean Transnationalism and Shifting Identities 1(22)
Ruben Gowricharn
Part I: Conceptual Issues
2 The Guianas Revisited: Rethinking a Region
23(20)
Fernando Rosa Ribeiro
3 The Modern to Late-Modern Period in the Caribbean Diaspora
43(16)
Michele Reis
4 Resistance among Those Displaced to the Caribbean: Suggestions for Future Research
59(20)
William F. Santiago-Valles
Part II: Regional Transnational Communities
5 Regionalization of Identity in Curacao: Migration and Diaspora
79(20)
Rose Mary Allen
6 Brazilian Migrant Workers in French Guiana
99(18)
Ligia T.L. Simonian and Rubens da Silva Ferreira
7 Transnationalism in Surinam: Brazilian Migrants in Paramaribo
117(22)
Marjo de Theije
Part III: Global Transnationalism
8 The Mahatma in the Caribbean
139(16)
Brinsly Samaroo
9 Between Diaspora, (Trans)Nationalism, and American Globalization: A History of Afro-Surinamese Emancipation Day
155
Alex van Stipriaan
Part IV: Transnationalism and Social Cohesion
10 Maroon Migration and Brazilian Garimpeivos: New Forms of Ethnic and Political Relations in Postwar East Suriname
181(22)
Wim Hoogbergen and Dirk Kruijt
11 Transnational Contributions to National Identity Construction
203(20)
Krishna Seunarinesigh
12 Ethnicity and Political Stability in Plural Societies
223(18)
Ruben Gowricharn
Index 241
About the Authors 231

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