Burman, Jenny, 1970-

Transnational yearnings : tourism, migration, and the diasporic city / Jenny Burman. - Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. - xi, 205 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-192) and index.

Disservice industry : colonial and postcolonial tourism development in Jamaica -- Global subjects, tourist objects : the souvenir trade in Jamaica -- Charged circuits : transmigration and diasporic conditions -- Migrant remittances : cultural economies of yearning -- "Danger to the public" : targeting and deporting Jamaican-born Torontonians -- Masquerading Toronto through Caribana : diasporic carnival meets the sign "Music ends here."

9780774817356 (hbk.) 0774817356 (hbk.)


Jamaicans--Social conditions.--Ontario--Toronto
Tourism--Social aspects--Jamaica.
Transnationalism--Social aspects--Ontario--Toronto.


Jamaica--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
Canada--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

305.89697292071 / BUR 2010