Maximo G Martinez

Sojourners in the Capital of the World

Garifuna Immigrants

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This fascinating book is the long-overdue account--written by a Garifuna New Yorker--of the ways that Garifuna immigrants from Guatemala, Belize, and Hondoras have organized themselves and become a vibrant presence in New York City, from the time of their first arrivals in the 1940s to the present"--Page 4 of cover.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781531504762
• ISBN-10: 1531504760
• Artikelnr.: 67484981

Autorenporträt

Maximo Martinez is Professor of Government at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas. His research focuses on Latin American politics and Afro-Caribbean immigrants in the United States. He is the author of "Other Hispanics": An Analysis of New York City Honduran Political Participation (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Introduction 1
1. Origins, Surviving, Ensuring Subsistence, and Culture 27
2. Livelihood on the Caribbean Coast 41
3. Early U.S. Garifuna Communities 51
4. Identity and Cultural Growth: Garifunadao 74
5. Music, Dance, and Sports from the 1990s to the Present 101
6. Social Issues in New York City from the 1990s to the Present 118
7. Central America and St. Vincent from the 1990s to the Present 155
Conclusion 179
Appendix A: U.S. Garifuna Merchant Marine Seamen Crew Ship List, 1920s-50s
193
Appendix B: Honduran Garifuna Organizations Participating
at the Garifuna Nation Pocono Retreat, 2005 211
Appendix C: U.S. Immigration Data from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
1930-2017 213
Appendix D: Bronx Community Board Appointees, 2019-20 215
Appendix E: Founding Members of the Garifuna Coalition USA 217
Acknowledgments 219
Notes 221
References 237
Index 259