Near Northwest Side Story - Migration, Displacement, and Puerto Rican Families

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List of contents

List of Figures
Preface

1. Introduction: A Gendered Tale ofTwo Barrios
2. "Fleeing the Cane" and the Origins of Displacement
3· "Know Your Fellow American Citizen from Puerto Rico"
4. Los de Afoera) Transnationalism, and the Cultural Politics
of Identity
5. Gentrification, Intrametropolitan Migration, and the Politics
of Place
6. Transnational Lives, Kin Work, and Strategies of Survival
7· Conclusion: Revisiting the Gender, Poverty,
and Migration Debate

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Gina M. Pérez is Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies in the Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College.

Summary

Offers an intimate portrait of Puerto Rican life in Chicago and San Sebastian, Puerto Rico - two places connected by a long history of circulating people, ideas, goods, and information. This title provides a window on the many strategies people use to resist the negative consequences of globalization, economic development, and gentrification.

Product details

• Authors: Gina Perez, Gina M. Perez, Gina M. Prez
• Assisted by: Gina Perez (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2004
• EAN: 9780520233683
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23368-3
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Family & health, Migration, immigration and emigration