Georges woke up laughing : long-distance nationalism and the search for home /

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A study of how migrants adapt to their new country while still maintaining ties to the old with an emphasis on Haitian migrants to the US.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Schiller, Nina Glick (Author), Fouron, Georges Eugene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:American encounters/global interactions.
Subjects:
Fouron, Georges Eugene.
Fouron, Georges Eugene
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Haitian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Haitian Americans > Social conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Transnationalism.
Haitians > Interviews.
Américains d'origine haïtienne > Identité ethnique.
Américains d'origine haïtienne > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalisme.
Haïtiens > Entretiens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism & Patriotism.
Emigration and immigration
Haitian Americans > Ethnic identity
Haitian Americans > Social conditions
Haitians
Immigrants > Social conditions
International relations
Transnationalism
Nationalbewusstsein
Immigranten.
Nationalisme.
Familierelaties.
Emigranter > Haiti.
Etniska minoriteter > Förenta staterna.
Etnicitet > Förenta staterna.
Kulturell identitet > Förenta staterna.
Internationalisering.
Transnationalisering.
Haitier > intervjuer.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Haiti > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Relations > Haiti.
Haiti > Relations > United States.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
Haiti
United States
USA
Interviews
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 "At First IWas Laughing"
  • 2 Long-Distance Nationalism Defined
  • 3 Delivering the Commission: The Return of the Native
  • 4 "Without Them, I Would Not Be Here": Transnational Kinship
  • 5 "The Blood Remains Haitian": Race, Nation, and Belonging in the Transmigrant Experience
  • 6 "She Tried to Reclaim Me": Gendered Long-Distance Nationalism
  • 7 The Generation of Identity: The Long-Distance Nationalism of the Second Generation
  • 8 "The Responsible State": Dialogues of a Transborder Citizenry
  • 9 The Apparent State: Sovereignty and the State of U.S.-Haitian Relations
  • 10 Long-Distance Nationalism as a Debate: Shared Symbols and Disparate Messages
  • 11 The Other Side of the Two-Way Street: Long-Distance Nationalism as a Subaltern Agenda.

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