'Finally, a detailed study of Caribean people and their transnational experiences ... a fascinating collection of essays'

- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law,

'A timely account and analysis of the lived reality of the hundreds of thousands of West Indians who now tenant the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain. A welcome addition to the growing literature on the creolisation process which has shaped the Caribbean over centuries'

- Professor Rex Nettleford, Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies,

This book examines today's vibrant and creative trans-Atlantic Caribbean community.

Chapters explore questions of definition and theory, the common Atlantic heritage and fate, social and economic contexts of Caribbean transnationality, Africa, the USA and the Caribbean in popular discourses in Britain, transnationality of families and the propensity for Caribbean-born and their offspring to return to the Caribbean from the mother country.

Caribbean Transnational Experience concludes with a discussion about possible future directions of what is increasingly being described as the Caribbean Diaspora.
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A study of the creolisation process which has shaped the Caribbean
List of Tables
Preface & Acknowledgements
1. Questions of theory, definition, purpose
2. A common trans-Atlantic heritage
3. Contemporary social and political dimensions of British-Caribbean transnationality
4. Africa and the Caribbean in Caribbean consciousness and action in Britain
5. Black America in Caribbean public discourse in Britain: Uncle Tom, Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis
6. Having a voice: Caribbean publishers and diasporic communication
References
Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780745317625
Publisert
2002-05-20
Utgiver
Pluto Press
Vekt
333 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
Academic, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Harry Goulbourne was Professor of Sociology and Director of the Race and Ethnicity Research Centre, South Bank University, London. He has published numerous books, including Caribbean Transnational Experience, Race and Ethnicity and Caribbean Families in Britain and the Trans-Atlantic World.