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Caribbean journeys: an ethnography of migration and home in three family networks / Karen Fog Olwig.

By: Publication details: Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.Description: ix, 319 pages: illustrations, genealogical tables; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780822339779
  • 0822339773
  • 9780822339946
  • 0822339943
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Caribbean journeys.DDC classification:
  • 306.09729 22
LOC classification:
  • GN564.C37 O59 2007
Other classification:
  • 73.39
  • LB 41640
  • LB 56640
  • LB 40640
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. 1. A Jamaican family. Learning to mix in society. Seeking improvement beyond Jamaica -- pt. 2. A Dominican family. The village origins. In pursuit of a proper livelihood. -- pt. 3. A Nevisian family. A family home. To better our condition -- pt. 4. The family legacies. The first generation: migrating for improvement of self and the family. Generational perspectives: negotiating identities and origins. Relating regional, family, and individual histories of migration.
Summary: This is an in-depth, ethnographic analysis of the cultural meanings of migration and home in three families of West Indian origin whose members are dispersed throughout the Caribbean, North America and Great Britain.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.

Introduction -- pt. 1. A Jamaican family. Learning to mix in society. Seeking improvement beyond Jamaica -- pt. 2. A Dominican family. The village origins. In pursuit of a proper livelihood. -- pt. 3. A Nevisian family. A family home. To better our condition -- pt. 4. The family legacies. The first generation: migrating for improvement of self and the family. Generational perspectives: negotiating identities and origins. Relating regional, family, and individual histories of migration.

Also issued online.

This is an in-depth, ethnographic analysis of the cultural meanings of migration and home in three families of West Indian origin whose members are dispersed throughout the Caribbean, North America and Great Britain.

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