{"product_id":"panama-in-black-9781478018513","title":"Panama in Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaysha Corinealdi traces the multigenerational activism of Afro-Caribbean Panamanians as they forged diasporic communities in Panama and the United States throughout the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A widely appealing and valuable addition to diaspora studies, Central American and Caribbean historiography, and scholarly understandings of how individuals and groups navigate belonging in and beyond the nation.\" -- Elizabeth Manley * The Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePanama in Black\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the complexities of Afro-Caribbean Panamanian identity across class, gender, and generational lines. Corinealdi’s account of Afro-diasporic world making reveals an ongoing practice in which Afro-Caribbean migrants shaped ideas of citizenship on the isthmus and throughout the Americas. As a result, this book is essential reading for those interested in the history of Caribbean migrations, the African diaspora, the Canal Zone, Panamanian nation formation, and citizenship in Latin America.\" -- Takkara Brunson * H-Caribbean *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePanama in Black\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates some of the reasons researchers, including myself, were drawn to these immigrants and their descendants. . . . I salute Kaysha Corinealdi for this latest addition to the bookshelf and look forward to more.\" -- Michael Conniff * ReVista *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Legacies of Exclusion and Afro-Caribbean Diasporic World Making  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Panama as Diaspora: Documenting Afro-Caribbean Panamanian Histories, 1928–1936  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. Activist Formations: Fighting for Citizenship Rights and Forging Afro-Diasporic Alliances, 1940–1950  57\u003cbr\u003e 3. Todo por la Patria: Diplomacy, Anticommunism, and the Rhetoric of Assimilation, 1950–1954  93\u003cbr\u003e 4. To Be Panamanian: The Canal Zone, Nationalist Sacrifices, and the Price of Citizenship, 1954–1961  122\u003cbr\u003e 5. Panama in New York: Las Servidoras and Engendering an Educated Black Diaspora, 1953–1970  150\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Afro-Caribbean Panamanians and the Future of Diasporic World Making  180\u003cbr\u003e Notes  195\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  233\u003cbr\u003e Index  253","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409008632151,"sku":"9781478018513","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018513.jpg?v=1730505072","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/panama-in-black-9781478018513","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}