English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrants (eBook, PDF)

Transnational Identities
Redaktion: Matthews, Lear

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights important but insufficiently documented dimensions of the experience of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants in the United States. It focuses on successes and challenges of what might be perceived as "living in two worlds." The central theme, post-migration transnational connections, is informed by new research on the topic. The thrust of the book is on trends, practices, and policies pertaining to transnational issues, and it uses both academic and applied approaches in its research. Having examined contemporary adjustment concerns of Caribbean immigrants, the authors present research findings, critical analyses, and suggest possible solutions to social and psychological problems immigrants confront as their life space is influenced by both places of origin and destination. This book fills a void in the literature pertaining to the emerging transnational experiences of Anglophone Caribbean immigrants that has not been fully explored.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761883913
• Artikelnr.: 74399769

Autorenporträt

Lear Matthews is professor of community and human services at SUNY Empire State College. He is a member of the editorial board of the Caribbean Journal of Social Work, and a former lecturer at the University of Guyana. He has received numerous awards for his ability to link scholarship and community service.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.Transnationalism: Trends and Practices among English
Caribbean Immigrants
Lear Matthews
2. Migratory Patterns and Experiences of Anglophone
Caribbean Women
Mary Spooner
3. Migration and Occupational Change
Lear Matthews
4. Transnational Parenting in the African Caribbean Community
Christiana Best-Cummings
5. Transnational Migration: The Elderly and Healthcare
Joyce Hamilton-Henry and Beverley Russell
6. Caribbean Immigrant Families: Transnational Identity
Annette Mahoney and Lear Matthews
7. Hometown Associations: Needs and Challenges
Lear Matthews
8. English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrant Students: Providing Culturally
Competent Educational Services
Lear Matthews and Rosalind October-Edun
9. Indo and Afro-Caribbean Immigrants: An Analysis ofSelected Experiences
Desmond Roberts
Notes on Contributors
Index