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'Latino before the world': the transnational extension of panethnicity
- Source :
- Ethnic and Racial Studies. July, 2009, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p927, 21 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Studies of panethnic boundary formation focus on multi-ethnic environments like immigrant receiving nations. Central to these accounts are the structured interactions between the ethnic majority and the minorities they perceive as a homogenous group. I argue that theoretical models of panethnicity overlook how panethnic identities may be extended transnationally to migrant sending societies lacking local ethnic interactions. Using multi-sited ethnography and qualitative interviews in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, I illustrate the transmission of panethnicity through globalized Spanish media and interpersonal transnational contact. The political relationship between sending and receiving societies shapes these mechanisms of identity transmission, illustrating the need to make these relationships central to the emerging concept of transnational social fields. Keywords: Panethnicity; Latino; transnationalism; identity; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic.
- Subjects :
- Mass media -- Influence
Communications industry -- Influence
Ethnicity -- Management
Ethnic groups -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Stereotype (Psychology) -- Research
Stereotype (Psychology) in mass media -- Influence
Company business management
Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01419870
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.204074479