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Title: The Clash Between Cuban Immigrant Cohorts
Citation Type: Book, Section
Publication Year: 2004
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Abstract: The new immigrants, from Third World countries, often retain homeland ties. Theories that focus on assimilation accordingly do not adequately capture their experiences. More useful is a transnational conceptual frame.But analyses premised on transnational as well as assimilation perspectives typically conceptualize immigrant generations similarly. The big social divide that they point to is between first generation immigrant parents and their children born and raised where they resettle. That is, both perspectives focus on differences between generations genealogically defined. Yet, generations take on distinctive meaning depending on historical context. Though not in reference to immigration, Karl Mannheim (1952), and scholars influenced by him (c.f. Eisenstadt 1956, Zeitlin 1970, and Rumbaut 2004), for example, have addressed how generational political outlooks, shaped by key historical experiences, may be longstanding in their impact. Shared experiences give rise to shared worldviews influencing subsequent involvements and attitudes.
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Authors: Eckstein, Susan
Editors: Larson, Mauricio A. Font with the assistance of Scott; Xuereb, Daniel
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Volume Title: Cuba Today: Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'
Publisher: City University of New York
Publisher Location: New York, NY
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity
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