Identities on the move : transnational processes in North America and the Caribbean Basin / edited by Liliana R. Goldin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldin, Liliana R.

Series:

Studies on culture and society ; v. 7.

Studies on culture and society ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Psychology.

Immigrants.

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects--North America.

Identity (Psychology).

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects--Caribbean Area.

North America--Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

North America.

Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

Caribbean Area.

Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

viii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, University at Albany : Distributed by University of Texas Press, ©1999.

Summary:

"Since 1970, millions of people around the world have come to reside in countries in which they were not born, and the United States now ranks sixth in the world among Spanish-speaking nations. This collection of essays explores many dimensions of these "identities on the move" in North America and the Caribbean Basin. The collection is interdisciplinary, with contributions from internationally known anthropologists, sociologists, literary critics, writers, psychologists, and economists - at least half of whom are, themselves, bearers of transnational identities."

"The most important contribution of this book lies in the delineation of new directions for social and literary analysis as the impact of the economic globalization and transnational processes is felt and incorporated into the national ideas of both sending and receiving nations. This book provides a glimpse of what the next century will look like."--Jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / Gary H. Gossen

Transnational identities: the search for analytic tools / Liliana R. Goldin

Who are these guys? A transnational reading of the U.S. immigrant experience / Nina Glick Schiller

Racializing Latinos in the United States: toward a new research paradigm / Suzanne Oboler

Neither modern nor traditional: personal identities in global perspective / Michael Kearney

Hemispheric remappings: revisiting the concept of Nuestra América / Edna Acosta-Belén

Pan-Latino, trans-Latino: Puerto Ricans in the "new Nueva York" / Juan Flores

Identities in the diaspora: Mayan culture and community today / Allan F. Burns

Identities in the (Maquila) making: Guatemalan Mayas in the world economy / Liliana R. Goldin

The borderless borderlands: Texas's colonias as displaced settlements / Duncan Earle

Tied to the land: Maya migration, exile, and transnationalism / Victor D. Montejo

Miracles on the border: retablos of Mexican migrants to the United States / Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey

Puerto Rican transnational migration and identity: impact of English-language acquisition on length of stay in the United States / Azara L. Santiago-Rivera and Carlos E. Santiago

Lost in translation / Ilan Stavans.

Notes:

Based on a conference held at the University at Albany, State University of New York, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Identities on the move.

ISBN:

0942041186

9780942041187

OCLC:

42476749

Online:

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