Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; List of Tables xi; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Abbreviations xvii; 1. Transnational Movements, Racialized Space 1; 2. From Indigenous Blacks to Hispanic Immigrants: A History of Garifuna Movement and Labor Migration from the 1600s to the 1990s 31; 3. Families in Space: The Transnationalization of Matrifocal Kinship 67; 4. "Los Pobres Allá Somos Los Ricos Acá en Honduras": Navigating the Contradictions of the International Division of Labor 102
5. ¿Superando o Desintegrando?: Disparate Discourses of Development in Transnational Grassroots Organizations 1496. Black, Indigenous, and Latino: The Politics of Racial and Ethnic Identity in the Garifuna Diaspora 187; Conclusion 227; Notes 237; Bibliography 245; Index 263
Summary
A fascinating and richly detailed ethnographic study of a unique and little-known transmigrant population
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and index