Transnational Yearnings Tourism Migration And The Diasporic City

"As a study of Caribbean transnationalism, this is one of the best and most inviting I have read. Burman's scholarship is excellent and her prose is well-written and accessible. Perhaps her book's most intriguing contribution to studies of globalization is in its focus on the hòst' community as more than simply a static entity but as something that actively shapes global Caribbean identities. Transnational Yearnings would be a valuable text in undergraduate courses on tourism, Caribbean societies, and transnationalism." Philip Scher, editor of Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture and Representation. "Jenny Burman provides compelling insights into transnationalism and the circular exchanges that occur, both in regards to the Jamaican Canadian diaspora and to Canadian tourism in Jamaica. The field of Caribbean Canadian Studies is expanding, and Transnational Yearnings will make a useful and important contribution to the areas of diasporic studies, migration studies, immigration and settlement studies, as well as cultural studies." Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Sociology Department/Caribbean Studies, Ryerson University. The global pathways that connect cities and nations ar