Caribbean journeys: an ethnography of migration and home in three family networks / Karen Fog Olwig.
Publication details: Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.Description: ix, 319 pages: illustrations, genealogical tables; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780822339779
- 0822339773
- 9780822339946
- 0822339943
- Ethnology -- Caribbean Area
- Families -- Caribbean Area
- Work and family -- Caribbean Area
- Caribbean Area -- Social conditions
- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions
- Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration
- Economic history
- Emigration and immigration
- Ethnology
- Families
- Social conditions
- Work and family
- Caribbean Area
- Ethnologie
- Familie
- Wirtschaftliche Lage
- Soziale Situation
- Migration
- Karibik
- Migrants
- Family relations
- Identity
- Caribbean region
- Economic conditions of existence: other (ethnology)
- 1940-1950
- 1950-2000
- 306.09729 22
- GN564.C37 O59 2007
- 73.39
- LB 41640
- LB 56640
- LB 40640
- Also issued online.
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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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