Linda Miller Matthei
Biographic Data
| ID | 4527032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Miller Matthei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda Miller |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthei |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHEI L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Belizean “Boyz ‘n the ‘Hood”? Garifuna Labor Migration and Transnational Identity 1
This chapter explains the apparently paradoxical transformation taking place in Belize. It argues that this process is linked to the institutionalization of particular patterns of labor migration to the United States, which have, in effect, created a "transnational community" that is "neither here nor there," but simultaneously in both places. The chapter focuses on the gendered nature of Garifuna migration to Los Angeles—is on the "micro" level …
The West Indian Diaspora
Flexible ethnic identity, adaptation, survival, resistance
In this paper we examine flexible ethnic identity formation as a mechanism of accommodation and resistance deployed by a particular social group with origins in the periphery as they respond to changing political and economic forces in the world-system. This paper addresses criticisms that world-system analyses are ‘too macro’ or ‘structurally deterministic’ by examining on the ground action and responses by a local oppositional movement within i…
Flexible ethnic identity, adaptation, survival, resistance
In this paper we examine flexible ethnic identity formation as a mechanism of accommodation and resistance deployed by a particular social group with origins in the periphery as they respond to changing political and economic forces in the world-system. This paper addresses criticisms that world-system analyses are ‘too macro’ or ‘structurally deterministic’ by examining on the ground action and responses by a local oppositional movement within i…
The West Indian Diaspora
Flexible ethnic identity, adaptation, survival, resistance
In this paper we examine flexible ethnic identity formation as a mechanism of accommodation and resistance deployed by a particular social group with origins in the periphery as they respond to changing political and economic forces in the world-system. This paper addresses criticisms that world-system analyses are ‘too macro’ or ‘structurally deterministic’ by examining on the ground action and responses by a local oppositional movement within i…
Belizean “Boyz ‘n the ‘Hood”? Garifuna Labor Migration and Transnational Identity 1
This chapter explains the apparently paradoxical transformation taking place in Belize. It argues that this process is linked to the institutionalization of particular patterns of labor migration to the United States, which have, in effect, created a "transnational community" that is "neither here nor there," but simultaneously in both places. The chapter focuses on the gendered nature of Garifuna migration to Los Angeles—is on the "micro" level …
History (3 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work)