Description |
viii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Series |
Cultural spaces series |
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Cultural spaces series.
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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.
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Puerto Ricans -- Migrations.
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SUBJECT |
Puerto Rico http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063677 -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
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ISBN |
9780415952613 alkaline paper |
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0415952611 alkaline paper |
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9780415952606 alkaline paper |
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0415952603 alkaline paper |
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