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Author Flores, Juan, 1943-2014.

Title The diaspora strikes back : CaribeƱo tales of learning and turning / Juan Flores
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2009 [that is, 2008]

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 MELB  304.87295073 Flo/Dsb  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Cultural spaces series
Cultural spaces series.
Contents Introduction. Caribenos, Counterstreams, and Cultural Remittances -- Pt. 1. Conceptual Bearings -- 1. Thinking Diaspora From Below -- 2. Of Remigrants and Remittances -- 3. Caribeno Counterstream -- Pt. 2. Narrative Groundings -- 4. Tales of Learning and Turning -- Introducing the Tales -- Tales of Learning and Turning -- Reading the Tales -- Pt. 3. Style Transfers -- 5. Bring the Salsa: Diaspora Music as Source and Challenge -- 6. Open Mic: Poetry, Performance, Emerging Identities -- Coda: Visual Crossings
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."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-228) and index
Subject Return migration -- Social aspects -- Puerto Rico.
Puerto Ricans -- Migrations.
SUBJECT Puerto Rico http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063677 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
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