Publication Type
Book Chapter
UWI Author(s)
Author, Analytic
Byron, Jessica
Author Affiliation, Ana.
Department of Government
Title, Analytic
Migration, national identity and regionalisn in the Caribbean: A Leeward Islands case study
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Author, Monographic
Hall, Kenneth O.; Benn, Denis
Author Role
Editors
Title, Monographic
Contending with destiny: The Caribbean in the 21st century
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Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
Publisher Name
Ian Randle
Date of Publication
2000
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Page(s)
80-90
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Abstract
Identifies intra Caribbean migration as an integrative force in the region. In a case study of the Leeward Islands, examines the objective conditions propelling migration as well as the positive and negative societal changes generated. These changes include language and communication; sports and culture; entertainment; intermarriage, gender relations and criminality. Concludes that integration efforts should not be myopically limited to the Anglophone Caribbean as this can only perpetuate the division of the colonial past.....
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