Caribbean journeys
Subtitle: an ethnography of migration and home in three family networks
By: Karen Fog Olwig.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822339779; 9780822339946
Subjects: Ethnology -- Caribbean Area; Family -- Caribbean Area; Work and family -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Social conditions; Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions; Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. A Jamaican family. Learning to mix in society. Seeking improvement beyond Jamaica; title: pt. 2. A Dominican family. The village origins. In pursuit of a proper livelihood.; title: pt. 3. A Nevisian family. A family home. To better our condition; title: 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.