"Racism in a Melting Pot...?" Trinidadian mid-life transnational migrants' views on race and colour-class on return to their homes of descent

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 805-813

  Potter, Robert B ^a   Conway, Dennis ^b   St Bernard, Godfrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

'Melting Pot'; Colour class; Mid life migration; Multi ethnic plural society; Racialised identities; Racism; Return migration; Transnational migrants; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLASS; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; RETURN MIGRATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 77956182278     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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