| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora / Jørgen Carling and Luís Batalha -- Section 1. Diaspora community portraits-- Cape Verdeans in the U.S / Marilyn Halter -- Cape Verdeans in Argentina / Marta Maffia -- Cape Verdeans in São Tomé and Príncipe / Augusto Nascimento -- Cape Verdeans in Portugal / Luís Batalha -- Cape Verdeans in Spain / Rocío Moldes Farelo and Luzia Oca Gonzlez -- Cape Verdeans in Italy / Jacqueline Andall -- Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands / Jørgen Carling -- Cape Verdeans in Sweden / Lisa Åkesson -- Section 2. Migration and transnationalism -- Making Waves: Cape Verdeans, Whaling and the Uses of Photography / Memory Holloway -- And When the Women Leave? Female Emigration from Boa Vista / Andréa de Souza Lobo -- Cape Verdean Tongues: Speaking of 'Nation' at Home and Abroad / Márcia Rego -- Cape Verdean Transnationalism on the Internet / Sónia Melo -- Images of Emigration in Cape Verdean Music / Juliana Braz Dias -- Cape Verdean Migration, Music Recordings and Performance / Rui Cidra -- Diasporic Networks, Political Change, and the Growth of Cabo-Zouk Music / JoAnne Hoffman -- Managing Work and Care for Young Children in Cape Verdean Families in Portugal / Karin Wall -- Cape Verdeans' Pathways to Health: Local Problems, Transnational Solutions / Huub Beijers and Cláudia de Freitas -- Cape Verdean Diasporic Identity Formation / Gina Sánchez Gibau -- Resilience of the Cape Verdean Migration Tradition / Lisa Åkesson. |
| Summary |
"The island nation of Cape Verde has given rise to a diaspora that spans the four continents of the Atlantic Ocean. Migration has been essential to the island since the birth of its nation. This volume makes a significant contribution to the study of international migration and transnationalism by exploring the Cape Verdean diaspora through its geographic diversity and with a broad thematic range"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Cabo Verde -- Emigration and immigration.
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Cabo Verde. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Cabo Verde -- History.
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History. |
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Cabo Verdeans -- Foreign countries.
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Cabo Verdeans. |
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Foreign countries. |
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African diaspora.
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African diaspora. |
| Indexed Term |
Popular science |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Batalha, Luís, 1962-
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Carling, Jørgen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Transnational archipelago. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2008 9789053569948 9053569944 (OCoLC)225875928 |
| ISBN |
9789048501885 (electronic book) |
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9048501881 (electronic book) |
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9053569944 |
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9789053569948 |
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1281979244 |
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9781281979247 |
| Standard No. |
9786611979249 |
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