This book briefly delineates the history of the Haitian diaspora in the United States in the nineteenth century, but it primarily concerns itself with the contemporary period and more specifically with the diasporic enclave in New York City. It uses a critical transnational perspective to convey the adaptation of the immigrants in American society and the border-crossing practices they engage in as they maintain their relations with the homeland. It further reproblematizes and reconceptualizes the notion of diasporic citizenship so as to take stock of the newer facets of the globalization process.

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University of California, Berkeley, USA

Michel S. Laguerre

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Michel S. Laguerre teaches anthropology and Afro-American studies at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Book Title: Diasporic Citizenship
Book Subtitle: Haitian Americans in Transnational America
Authors: Michel S. Laguerre
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26755-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-26757-6Published: 01 January 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-26755-2Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 222
Topics: Gender Studies, Ethnicity Studies, Migration, Human Rights

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