Urban multiculturalism and globalization in New York City: an analysis of diasporic temporalities

"This book focuses on American society as a transglobal nation and examines the temporal dimension of diasporic incorporation in New York City. It argues that immigrant neighborhoods are faced not only with issues of economic and political integration, but also are engaged in a sublime and rele...

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Main Author: Laguerre, Michel S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan 2003
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"This book focuses on American society as a transglobal nation and examines the temporal dimension of diasporic incorporation in New York City. It argues that immigrant neighborhoods are faced not only with issues of economic and political integration, but also are engaged in a sublime and relentless effort of harmonizing the cultural rhythms of their daily life with the hegemonic temporality of mainstream society. Although much energy has been spent in explaining the segregated or ghettoized space of ethnic communities, there is, in contrast, a dearth of data on the subalternization, genealogy, and inscription of minoritized temporalities in the structural and interactional organization of the multicultural American City. This study of New York City, through an analysis of diasporic temporalities in their relation to the mainstream community and the homeland, provides a productive point of view for decoding the urban multiculturalism of the metropolis. Throughout the book, it is argued that the interaction between the dominant and subaltern temporalities is wholly mediated by crisscrossing global flows that are constitutive of the local scene."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XI, 207 S.
ISBN:1403915512

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