Haiti and the Haitian diaspora in the wider Caribbean /
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| Imprint: | Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2010. |
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| Description: | x, 207 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New world diasporas New World diasporas series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7997911 |
| Summary: | During the past ten years, political debates, legal disputes, and rising violence associated with the presence of Haitian migrants have flared up throughout the Caribbean basin in such places as Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. The contributors to this volume explore the common thread of prejudice against the Haitian diaspora as well as its potential role in the construction of national narratives from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. These essays, written by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and Francophone studies scholars, examine how Haitians interact as an immigrant group with other parts of the Caribbean as well as how they are perceived and treated, particularly in terms of ethnicity and race, in their migration experience in the broader Caribbean. By discussing the prevalence of anti-Haitianism throughout the region alongside the challenges Haitians face as immigrants, this volume completes the global view of the Haitian diaspora saga. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 207 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813034614 0813034612 |