Transnational migration from the Dominican Republic: the cultural redefinition of racial identity

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Duany,Jorge (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1996
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Studies/Estudios del Caribe/Etudes des Caraïbes
    Journal Title Details:
    29 : 253-282
    ISBN:
    0008-6533
    Subject Term:
    United States, Puerto Rico, Social conditions, Emigrants and immigration, Dominican Americans, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Dominican people, Prejudice, New York (New York), and Washington Heights
    Notes:
    Argues that racialization of Dominican immigrants in the US and Puerto Rico has largely confined them to the secondary segment of the labor and housing markets. Based on research in Barrio Gandul in Santurce, a central city subdivision of the San Juan, Puerto Rico metropolitan area, and Washington Heights in Manhattan, New York City.

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