African diaspora identities : negotiating culture in transnational migration / John A. Arthur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arthur, John A., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism--Africa.

Transnationalism.

African diaspora.

Ethnicity--Africa.

Ethnicity.

Africa--Emigration and immigration.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book positions the identities that African ZmigrZs negotiate in transnational migration. It seeks to investigate the structure and modalities of the broader social contexts and parameters underpinning how these identities are constructed and rationalized. The identities African immigrants depict are transnational, resilient, enterprising, altruistic, and based upon a yearning desire for economic opportunities and total incorporation in global affairs. Their migratory identities are structured to finding solutions to ameliorate the myriad of pressing issues facing Africa.

Contents:

Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Constructing African Immigrant Identities in Transnational Domains; Chapter 2. Situating Africa's Brain Drain in Global Migrations; Chapter 3. Transnational African Immigrant Lives and Identities; Chapter 4. Rationalizing the Meanings of African Migrations; Chapter 5. Gendering the Diaspora Identities of Second-Generation African Immigrant Girls; Chapter 6. African Immigrants and Native-Born Blacks: Discourses on Finding Common Ground; Chapter 7. Imagining the Future of African Immigrant Identities in Migration Studies

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-29485-6

1-282-82010-9

9786612820106

0-7391-4639-4

OCLC:

672278236