Georges Woke Up Laughing: Long-Distance Nationalism and the Search for Home

by Nina Glick Schiller and Georges Eugene Fouron

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Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, Georges Woke Up Laughing provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron-along with Nina Glick Schiller,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822327910

ISBN13:9780822327912

Release Date:November 2001

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Government Nationalism Political Ideologies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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