| Emotional Bridges to Puerto Rico: Migration, Return Migration, and the Struggles of Incorporation Contributor(s): Aranda, Elizabeth M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742543250 ISBN-13: 9780742543256 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Emotional Bridges to Puerto Rico is about Puerto Ricans' struggles of incorporation into U.S. society, and the conditions under which members of the Puerto Rican middle-class move back and forth between the mainland and island. The book illustrates how structures of inequalities based on race, class, and gender affect Puerto Ricans' subjective assessments of incorporation. Issues regarding the racialization of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. reveal that in spite of structural incorporation, Puerto Ricans do not feel like they fully belong in mainland society. These experiences carry implications for future migration and settlement decisions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.868 |
| LCCN: 2006016966 |
| Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.4" W x 8.98" (0.72 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Emotional Bridges to Puerto Rico examines the experiences of incorporation among two groups of middle-class Puerto Ricans: one that currently lives in the U.S. mainland and one that has resettled in Puerto Rico. The analysis focuses on their subjective interpretations of incorporation and the conditions under which they decide to move back and forth between the mainland and island. Findings reveal that migration to the mainland results in educational, occupational and economic gains in the U.S., which also help return migrants re-enter Island labor markets. U.S. settlement brings its own set of struggles. Puerto Ricans see themselves as members of transnational families, yet the struggles of leading dual lives result in settlement decisions that reflect desires to live locally with roots in one place instead of feeling split between the two. Experiences with U.S. racism complicate these decisions, given Puerto Ricans' struggles with racial identity and exclusion in spite of their economic, occupational, and residential integration into mainland society. This study illustrates the conditions under which various patterns of attachments to place-or emotional anchoring-develop, and how these feelings impact future Puerto Rican settlement. |