Race migrations [electronic resource] : Latinos and the cultural transformation of race / Wendy D. Roth.
In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race--for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants ca...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
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| Summary: | In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race--for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants can gain new language proficiencies, they can pick up new understandings of race. But adopting an American idea about race does not mean abandoning earlier ideas. New racial schemas transfer across borders and cultures spread between sending and host countries. Behind many current debates on immigration. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804782531 0804782539 0804777950 9780804777957 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |