Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States : Essays on Incorporation, Identity, and Citizenship

Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States features a diverse group of scholars from across academic disciplines studying the transnational paths of Caribbean migration. How has the colonial path of the Caribbean influenced migration with regard to power relations, ethnic identities and transnational processes? Through a series of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. They show the demographic, socioeconomic, political and cultural impact migrants have, as well as their role in the development of transnational social fields. Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States also examines how contrasting discourses of democracy and racism, xenophobia and globalization shape issues pertaining to citizenship and identity. Contributors: Elizabeth Aranda, Mary Chamberlain, Michel Giraud, Lisa Maya Knauer, John R. Logan, Monique Milia-Marie-Luce, Laura Oso Casas, Livio Sansone, Nina Glick Schiller,Charles (Wenquan) Zhang and the editors. Contents......Page 6 Introduction: Caribbean Migrations to Western Europe and the United States......Page 10 1 Theorizing about and beyond Transnational Processes......Page 27 PART I State Policies and Migrants’ Strategies......Page 50 2 Colonial Racism, Ethnicity, and Citizenship: The Lessons of the Migration Experiences of French-Speaking Caribbean Populations......Page 52 3 From the Periphery to the Core: A Case Study on the Migration and Incorporation of Recent Caribbean Immigrants in the Netherlands......Page 67 4 Puerto Ricans in the United States and French West Indian Immigrants in France......Page 103 PART II Identities, Countercultures, and Ethnic Resilience......Page 118 5 Puerto Rican Migration and Settlement in South Florida: Ethnic Identities and Transnational Spaces......Page 120 6 Racialized Culture and Translocal Counter-Publics: Rumba and Social Disorder in New York and Havana......Page 140 7 The Making of Suriland: The Binational Development of a Black Community between the Tropics and the North Sea......Page 178 PART III Incorporation, Entrepreneurship, and Household Strategies......Page 198 8 Cubans and Dominicans: Is There a Latino Experience in the United States?......Page 200 9 Dominican Women, Heads of Households in Spain......Page 217 10 Identity and Kinship: Caribbean Transnational Narratives......Page 241 About the Contributors......Page 260 Index......Page 264 Theorizing about and beyond transnational processes / Nina Glick Schiller Colonial racism, ethnicity, and citizenship : the lessons of the migration experiences of French-speaking Caribbean populations / Michel Giraud From the periphery to the core : a case study on the migration and incorporation of recent immigrants in the Netherlands / Eric Mielants Puerto Ricans in the U.S. and French West Indies immigrants in France / Monique Milia-Marie-Luce Puerto Rican migration and settlement in south Florida : ethnic identities and transnational spaces / Elizabeth Aranda Racialized culture and translocal counterpublics : rumba and social disorder in New York and Havana / Lisa Maya Knauer The making of Suriland : the binational development of a black community between the tropics and the North Sea / Livio Sansone Cubans and Dominicans : is there a Latino experience in the U.S? / John Logan and Wenquan Zhang Dominican women heads of households in Spain / Laura Oso Casas Identity and kinship : Caribbean transnational narratives / Mary Chamberlain. A novel and interdisciplinary volume on the dynamics of migration with comparative case studies of the Caribbean experience