Transnational yearnings : tourism, migration, and the diasporic city /

By exploring circuits of migration and personal exchange between Toronto and Jamaica, this book maps a new way to look at postcolonial contact zones and transnational migration.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burman, Jenny, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Jamaicans > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Tourism > Social aspects > Jamaica.
Transnationalism > Social aspects > Ontario > Toronto.
Jamaican Canadians > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Jamaïquains > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalisme > Aspect social > Ontario > Toronto.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Tourism > Social aspects
Jamaica > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Canada > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Jamaïque > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Canada
Jamaica
Ontario > Toronto
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Disservice industry : colonial and postcolonial tourism development in Jamaica
  • Global subjects, tourist objects : the souvenir trade in Jamaica
  • Charged circuits : transmigration and diasporic conditions
  • Migrant remittances : cultural economies of yearning
  • "Danger to the public" : targeting and deporting Jamaican-born Torontonians
  • Masquerading Toronto through Caribana : diasporic carnival meets the sign "Music ends here."

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