Georges woke up laughing : long-distance nationalism and the search for home
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書誌事項
Georges woke up laughing : long-distance nationalism and the search for home
(American encounters/global interactions)
Duke University Press, 2001
- : pbk
- タイトル別名
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Georges woke up laughing : long-distance nationalism & the search for home
大学図書館所蔵 全11件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p. [298]-313
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, Georges Woke Up Laughing provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron-along with Nina Glick Schiller, whose own family history stems from Poland and Russia-captures the daily struggles for survival that bind together those who emigrate and those who stay behind.
According to a long-standing myth, once emigrants leave their homelands-particularly if they emigrate to the United States-they sever old nationalistic ties, assimilate, and happily live the American dream. In fact, many migrants remain intimately and integrally tied to their ancestral homeland, sometimes even after they become legal citizens of another country. In Georges Woke Up Laughing the authors reveal the realities and dilemmas that underlie the efforts of long-distance nationalists to redefine citizenship, race, nationality, and political loyalty. Through discussions of the history and economics that link the United States with countries around the world, Glick Schiller and Fouron highlight the forces that shape emigrants' experiences of government and citizenship and create a transborder citizenry. Arguing that governments of many countries today have almost no power to implement policies that will assist their citizens, the authors provide insights into the ongoing sociological, anthropological, and political effects of globalization.
Georges Woke up Laughing will entertain and inform those who are concerned about the rights of people and the power of their governments within the globalizing economy. "In my dream I was young and in Haiti with my friends, laughing, joking, and having a wonderful time. I was walking down the main street of my hometown of Aux Cayes. The sun was shining, the streets were clean, and the port was bustling with ships. At first I was laughing because of the feeling of happiness that stayed with me, even after I woke up. I tried to explain my wonderful dream to my wife, Rolande. Then I laughed again but this time not from joy. I had been dreaming of a Haiti that never was."-from Georges Woke Up Laughing
目次
Acknowledgments ix
1. "At First I Was Laughing" 1
2. Long-Distance Nationalism Defined 17
3. Delivering the Commission: The Return of the Native 36
4. "Without Them, I Would Not Be Here": Transnational Kinship 58
5. "The Blood Remains Haitian": Race, Nation, and Belonging in the Transmigrant Experience 92
6. "She Tried to Reclaim Me": Gendered Long-Distance Nationalism 130
7. The Generation of Identity: The Long-Distance Nationalism of the Second Generation 155
8. "The Responsible State": Dialogues of a Transborder Citizenry 178
9. The Apparent State: Sovereignty and the State of U.S.-Haitian Relations 208
10. Long-Distance Nationalism as a Debate: Shared Symbols and Disparate Messages 238
11. The Other Side of the Two-Way Street: Long-Distance Nationalism as a Subaltern Agenda 258
Notes 275
Bibliography 298
Index 314
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