Caribbean Transnationalism: Migration, Socialization, and Social Cohesion

by Rose Mary Allen (Contribution by), Rubens da Silva Ferreira (Contribution by), Marjo de Theije (Contribution by), Wim Hoogbergen (Contribution by), Dirk Kruijt (Contribution by)

Overview

Exploring the old and new forms of transnationalism stemming from the Caribbean, Caribbean Transnationalism challenges present concepts about diaspora, brings into perspective new forms of transnationalism, and offers new perspectives on social cohesion in plural societies. The novelty of this collection of essays by experts from a wide range of disciplines consists not only of the theoretical clarity it offers with regard to issues related to diaspora, transnationalism, and social cohesion, but also of the ample attention given to the intra-regional transnational communities and the discussion of ethnification for social cohesion. Caribbean Transnationalism calls into question traditional views held in the expanding fields of migration, transnationalism, and social cohesion, making this an important book for scholars and students interested in the study of the social sciences and Caribbean studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739111673
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/04/2006
Series:	Caribbean Studies
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 9.32(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Ruben Gowricharn is professor of social cohesion and transnational issues, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Caribbean Transnationalism and Shifting Identities
Chapter 2 The Guyanas Revisited: Rethinking a Region
Chapter 3 The Modern to the Late-Modern Period in the Caribbean Diaspora
Chapter 4 Resistance Among those Displaced to the Caribbean
Chapter 5 Regionalisation of Identity in Curacao: Migration and Diaspora
Chapter 6 Brazilian Migrant Workers in French Guyana
Chapter 7 Transnationalism in Surinam: Brazilian Migrants in Paramaribo
Chapter 8 The Mahatma in the Caribbean, With Special Reference to Guyana and Trinidad
Chapter 9 July 1: Between Diaspora, (Trans)nationalism and American globalization; A History of Afro-Surinamese Emancipation Day
Chapter 10 Maroon Migration and Brazilian Garimpeiros
Chapter 11 Transnational Contributions to Identity Construction
Chapter 12 Ethnicity and Political Stability in Plural Societies

Editorial Reviews

The is one of the most important books on Caribbean transnational migration to appear in years. It covers a diversity of Caribbean migration experiences with a solid conceptual framework. It is a crucial reading for those interested in the fields of Caribbean Studies and international migration.

Professor Ramon Grosfoguel

In Caribbean Transnationalism, Ruben Gowricharn brings together a diverse group of scholars and their concerns about crucial aspects and areas of the Caribbean at home and abroad. The collection is a valuable contribution to a growing body of literature on the diverse beginnings of a people and their subsequent dispersal across northern and western Europe and North America, while also making the often neglected links there are to the South American continent. This volume is a must for all who are concerned about the continuing construction of the Caribbean region and the Caribbean’s presence in the wider North Atlantic world.

Harry Goulbourne

...it offers scholars in the social sciences and the humanities rigorous ethnographies and historical reconstructions that highlight those exceptional phenomena that escape the routinizing models of Caribbean studies.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online - Jason Frydman

...it offers scholars in the social sciences and the humanities rigorous ethnographies and historical reconstructions that highlight those exceptional phenomena that escape the routinizing models of Caribbean studies.
— Jason Frydman, Dept of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

...it offers scholars in the social sciences and the humanities rigorous ethnographies and historical reconstructions that highlight those exceptional phenomena that escape the routinizing models of Caribbean studies.
— Jason Frydman, Dept of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

...it offers scholars in the social sciences and the humanities rigorous ethnographies and historical reconstructions that highlight those exceptional phenomena that escape the routinizing models of Caribbean studies.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online - Jason Frydman