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Sojourners in the capital of the world : Garifuna immigrants /

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"This fascinating book is the long-overdue account--written by a Garifuna New Yorker--of the ways that Garifuna immigrants from Guatemala, Belize, and Hondoras have organized themselves and become a vibrant presence in New York City, from the time of their first arrivals in the 1940s to the pre...

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Main Author: Martinez, Maximo G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Garifuna (Caribbean people) > New York (State) > New York.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Origins, surviving, ensuring subsistence, and culture
  • 2. Livelihood on the Caribbean coast
  • 3. Early U.S. Garifuna communities
  • 4. Identity and cultural growth: Garifunadao
  • 5. Music, dance, and sports from the 1990s to the present
  • 6. Social issues in New York City from the 1990s to the present
  • 7. Central America and St. Vincent from the 1990s to the present.