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Articles 1 - 16 of 16
Full-Text Articles in Race and Ethnicity
Groundings Volume One, Issue One
Groundings Volume One, Issue One
Groundings
This is the full issue of Groundings Vol. 1, Iss. 1.
Rodney Papers At Auc Robert W. Woodruff Library
Walter Rodney's Removal --- 33 Years Later, Eusi Kwayana
Walter Rodney's Removal --- 33 Years Later, Eusi Kwayana
Groundings
No abstract provided.
Rodney Bust Sculpture In Benin And Pyo Cricket Tournament
Rodney Bust Sculpture In Benin And Pyo Cricket Tournament
Groundings
No abstract provided.
Guyana's President Visits Atlanta
Reflections On The Rescinded Oliver R. Tambo Award To Guyana's Forbes Burnham, Patricia Rodney, Asha T. Rodney, Jesse Benjamin, Aajay Murphy
Reflections On The Rescinded Oliver R. Tambo Award To Guyana's Forbes Burnham, Patricia Rodney, Asha T. Rodney, Jesse Benjamin, Aajay Murphy
Groundings
No abstract provided.
1st Annual Walter Rodney Speakers Series (2013)
1st Annual Walter Rodney Speakers Series (2013)
Groundings
We take a look at the semester-long project to bring together intellectuals from all backgrounds and education. Included: A brief synopsis of the Series and a photo narrative.
10th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium Wrap Up
10th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium Wrap Up
Groundings
We take a look at the monumental occasion that was the 10th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, held on March 22nd and 23rd, 2013. Included: A brief synopsis of events and a photo narrative of the Symposium
Cover And Table Of Contents
Groundings
This is the Cover and Table of Contents for Groundings Vol. 1, Iss. 1.
Transnational Marriage: Modern Imaginings, Relational Realignments, And Persistent Inequalities, Coralynn V. Davis
Transnational Marriage: Modern Imaginings, Relational Realignments, And Persistent Inequalities, Coralynn V. Davis
Faculty Journal Articles
In the context of shifting cultural anchors as well as unstable global economic conditions, new practices of intimacy and sexuality may become tactics in an individual’s negotiation of conflicting desires and potentials. This article offers reflection on the interface between global forces, powerful transcultural narratives, and state policies, on the one hand, and local, even individual, constructions and tactics in regard to sexuality, marriage, migration, and work, on the other. The article focuses on the life trajectory of Gudiya, an ambitious young Hindu woman who started out life with little social capital and few economic resources in a dusty corner …
Economic Interest Convergence In Downsizing Imprisonment, Spearit
Economic Interest Convergence In Downsizing Imprisonment, Spearit
Articles
This Essay employs a variation of the “interest convergence” concept to examine the competing interests at stake in downsizing imprisonment in the United States. In the last few decades, the country has become the world leader in both incarceration rates and number of inmates. Reversing these trends is a common goal of multiple parties, who advocate prison reform under different rationales. Some advocate less imprisonment as a means of tempering the disparate effects of imprisonment on individual offenders and the communities to which they return. Others support downsizing based on conservative values that favor reduced government size, spending, and interference …
Remittances From Puerto Rico: Unsuspected Transnational Locality In Times Of Crisis, Sheila I. Velez Martinez
Remittances From Puerto Rico: Unsuspected Transnational Locality In Times Of Crisis, Sheila I. Velez Martinez
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This paper looks at immigrant remittances from Puerto Rico as a tool to understand how immigrant communities have faced and engaged the economic crisis. For example, from the data reviewed, it stems that immigrant remittances sent from Puerto Rico do not follow the same patterns as remittances sent from the United States and Europe inasmuch as they seem less affected by the global financial crisis and local unemployment rates. The research conducted also tends to indicate that money transfers from Puerto Rico might allow us to grasp the growing economic transnational relationships that are being maintained by varied immigrant communities …