Caribbean Migrations: Circulations, Diasporization and Return

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The Caribbean is noted for the way in which migration has profoundly shaped the culture and identity of the region and how it continues to have significance for its peoples wherever they live today. The aim of this course is to examine the role of migration for the Caribbean through history into the present and to consider how human movements to, within, and from the Caribbean are tied to colonialism, globalization and nationalisms. It also brings into view the complex reasons for human migration more generally. Attention is given throughout the course to the ways in which gender and race influence the migrations, and how national policies and borders configure the ‘desirable’ Caribbean migrant. A primary emphasis in the course is on the English-speaking Caribbean, although some attention is given to Spanish-, French- and Dutch-speaking territories.