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The diaspora strikes back : Caribeño tales of learning and turning
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The diaspora strikes back : Caribeño tales of learning and turning / Juan Flores.
ISBN
0203894618 (electronic bk.)
9780203894613 (electronic bk.)
0415952603
0415952611
9780415952606
9780415952613
Published
New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 237 pages : : illustrations.)
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Summary
"In The Diaspore Strikes Back, Juan Flores flips the immigration process on its head: what happens to the home country as a result of the constant streams of emigrants and remittances flowing in from abroad? He looks at how "Nuyoricans" (Puerto Rican New Yorkers) bring challenges and changes to Puerto Rico, introducing salsa music, hip hop and inner-city New York culture to the Caribbean island. While he focuses on Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Cubans the model is broadly applicable. Indians in London, Japanese in Sao Paulo, Turks in Berlin, Mexicans in Los Angeles, all transmit such "cultural remittances" back to their home countries, often with dramatic consequences. This ongoing process is both massive and global, and Flores' account is relevant across disciplines."--Jacket.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Cultural spaces series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
Contents
Thinking diaspora from below
Of remigrants and remittances
Caribeño counterstream
Tales of learning and turning. Introducing the tales ; Tales of learning and turning ; Reading the tales
Bring the salsa: diaspora music as source and challenge
Open mic: poetry, performance, emerging identities.
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