Double Passage: The Lives of Caribbean Migrants Abroad and Back Home
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Book Overview
Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home. They tell of their decisions to leave the familiarity and security of home for an uncertain future in cities of the industrial world; they explain what it is like to be black and immigrant in the predominantly white societies they settled in; and they reveal their struggles to find work and decent housing, to develop new relationships, and to save enough money to be able to return home and assume the affluent lifestyle expected of returnees. Double Passage is an extraordinary book that is able both to inform and to entertain.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0472064789
ISBN13:9780472064786
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Humane, readable.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Like all of Gmelch's books, this is well written in a non-academic accessible style. The book presents well-rounded and humane portraits of the complex lives of migrants, relating the Caribbean experience of movement to the sense of 'home' more effectively than most abstract discussions of transnationality. This would be an excellent choice for any introductory class on Caribbean culture.
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