| Journal: | Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000298296 |
| ISSN: | 1028-8813 |
| Authors: | James, Carl E1 |
| Institutions: | 1York University, Toronto, Ontario. Canadá |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Season: | Mar |
| Volumen: | 34 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 41-69 |
| Country: | Barbados |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | This article explores the extent to which regional immigrants who have settled in Barbados and Antigua are “happily” integrating into these societies. Using newspaper accounts, it discusses the perceptions, interactions and exchanges among nationals and immigrants in relation to the cultural, social and political contexts and discourses of the respective societies. It was found that the social and political situation in the islands, and the skepticism and ambivalence of immigrants and citizens toward each other, produced tension and angst among them. Nationals expected immigrants to assimilate – to become like them, to settle for similar pay and working conditions, and to participate in the political process in the ways nationals do. Immigrants expected their practices and aspirations to be accepted as they tried to make life in their new society |
| Disciplines: | Demografía |
| Keyword: | Asentamientos humanos, Inmigrantes, Integración social, Aculturación, Participación política, Representaciones, Medios de comunicación, Política migratoria, Antigua, Barbados |
| Document request | |
