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    4. Rethinking race, gender and citizenship: black West Indian women in Costa Rica, c. 1920-1940

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Foote,Nicola (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Bulletin of Latin American Research
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 198-212
    Notes:
    Brings Afro-Caribbean women to the fore of a discussion of Costa Rican citizenship. Explores the relationship between ideologies of gender, imageries of black womanhood, and the dialectic of citizenship and exclusion.

    5. She Who Returned Home: The Narrative of an Afro-Guyanese Activist

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Nettles,Kimberly D. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism
    Journal Title Details:
    5(1) : 40-65
    Notes:
    Illustrates a desire among those in exile, either forced or self-imposed, for a sense of community. Much of the contemporary social science literature on the Caribbean transnational predicament has focused on the processes of settlement and adaptation within host societies.