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The Emergence of a Transnational Social Formation and The Mirage of Return Migration Among Dominican Transmigrants

Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo·1997·Identities
DOI 10.1080/1070289x.1997.9962591
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Using a transnational perspective, this article analyzes the soriocul‐tural and political transformation of US‐Dominican transmigrants who have relocated to the Dominican Republic as one step in their transnational journey. Transmigrants and their society of origin have forged a dense web of transnational relations that unites them in a continuous transterritorial social formation. This formation is evident in the incessant back and forth traveling and multidirectional exchanges of material and intangible resources and symbols between the US and the DR. Transmigration has spread people's lives across national borders and generated a transnational habitus. Thus, even transmigrants who resettle in the DR maintain enduring transnational relationships. However, instead of being a social equalizer that empowers all migrants alike, transnational migration tends to reproduce and even exacerbate class, gender, and regional inequalities. Finally, internal and transnational migration seem to form a single system connecting the Dominican rural population to the US via large Dominican urban centers.

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  • Female voluntary returnees were a minority in the study.

    “Female voluntary returnees were also a minority, which is consistent with observations that female migrants from developing countries are more reluctant to return to a country with greater gender inequality compared to the host country (Guarnizo, 1997).”

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Authors
Guarnizo, L. E.
Affiliations
University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo
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Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo
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Informa UK Limited
Published
1997-12
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
281-322
ISSN
  • 1070-289X (ISSN-L)
  • 1547-3384
DOI
10.1080/1070289x.1997.9962591
OpenAlex
W2008664820
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480
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15.98
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journal article
Language
en
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closed
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Caribbean history, culture, and politics
Keywords
transnational migration, return migration, transnational relations, transmigration, class inequality, gender inequality, regional disparities, rural-urban migration, Dominican Republic, United States

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