'Back a yaad' : constructions of home among Jamaica's returned migrant community

This thesis investigates return migration among Jamaicans who migrated to the United Kingdom after WWII and retired in Jamaica throughout the 1990s. Focusing upon the processes of rebuilding a life at "home", it examines the ways in which returning migrants utilize material culture to tran...

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Main Author: Horst, Heather Ayn
Published: University College London (University of London) 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408074