| FB-52460-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Juan Flores | Cultural Challenges of Return Migration | 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007 | $40,000.00 | Juan | | Flores | | | | CUNY Research Foundation, Hunter College | New York | NY | 10065-5024 | USA | 2005 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
I plan to study the cultural impact of return migration as manifest in literature, music, and everyday life. I am especially interested in the ways in which this impact of what I term "cultural remittances" goes to challenge longheld assumptions and traditions of national cultures. My main focus will be on the Puerto Rican experience, but I will also consider other important examples, such as Dominicans and Mexicans. I will combine ethnographic, interpretive and theoretical analysis. I have a contract with Routledge for a book tentatively titled, "The Diaspora Strikes Back." |