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Afro Central Americans in New York City : Garifuna tales of transnational movements in racialized space / Sarah England.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- England, Sarah, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Honduras--Limon--Ethnic identity.
- Garifuna (Caribbean people).
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--New York (State)--New York--Ethnic identity.
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Social networks--Honduras--Limon.
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Social networks--New York (State)--New York.
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--New York (State)--New York--Government relations.
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Honduras--Limon--Government relations.
- Transnationalism.
- Social movements--Honduras--Limon.
- Social movements.
- Social movements--New York (State)--New York.
- Limón (Honduras)--Ethnic relations.
- Limón (Honduras).
- Limón (Honduras)--Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating and richly detailed ethnographic study of a unique and little-known transmigrant population.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; List of Tables xi; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Abbreviations xvii; 1. Transnational Movements, Racialized Space 1; 2. From Indigenous Blacks to Hispanic Immigrants: A History of Garifuna Movement and Labor Migration from the 1600s to the 1990s 31; 3. Families in Space: The Transnationalization of Matrifocal Kinship 67; 4. "Los Pobres Allá Somos Los Ricos Acá en Honduras": Navigating the Contradictions of the International Division of Labor 102
- 5. ¿Superando o Desintegrando?: Disparate Discourses of Development in Transnational Grassroots Organizations 1496. Black, Indigenous, and Latino: The Politics of Racial and Ethnic Identity in the Garifuna Diaspora 187; Conclusion 227; Notes 237; Bibliography 245; Index 263
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3713-1
- OCLC:
- 735603081
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