Transnational archipelago : perspectives on Cape Verdean migration and diaspora / edited by Luís Batalha and Jørgen Carling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Batalha, Luís, 1962-

Carling, Jørgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Cabo Verde--Emigration and immigration.

Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde--History.

History.

Cabo Verdeans--Foreign countries.

Cabo Verdeans.

Foreign countries.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Luis Batalha is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the Technical University of Lisbon and author of The Cape Verdean Diaspora in Portugal: Colonial Subjects in a Postcolonial World (2004). Jorgen Carling is Senior Researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), where he does research on migration and transnationalism.

Migration has been essential to Cape Verde since the birth of the nation, and connections to faraway places continue to dominate daily life on the islands. This book makes a significant contribution to the study of international migration and transnationalism by exploring the Cape Verdean diaspora through its geographical diversity and with a range of thematic perspectives. The first part of the book is a journey to eight Cape Verdean emigrant communities, from Argentina in the South to Sweden in the North. These chapters testify to the strikingly diverse outcomes of migration from a single, small country. The second part of the book explores selected themes in Cape Verdean migration and transnationalism, including music, language, the Internet and gender relations.

Contents:

section 1. Diaspora community portraits

section 2. Migration and transnationalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789053569948

9053569944

OCLC:

225875928