Race migrations : Latinos and the cultural transformation of race

Race migrations : 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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Main Author: Roth, Wendy D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Race identity.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Dominican Americans > Race identity.
Puerto Ricans > Race identity > United States.
Race > Social aspects > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Dominican Americans > Ethnic identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions
Race > Social aspects
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Dominican Republic > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Puerto Rico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. How Immigration Changes Concepts of Race; 2. Beyond the Continuum: Race in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico; 3. Migrant Schemas: Race in the United States; 4. Transnational Diffusion; 5. Multiple Forms of Racial Stratification; 6. Performing Race Strategically; 7. Is Latino Becoming a Race? : Cultural Change and Classifications; Appendix: Notes on Methodology; Notes; Index.

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