Banished to the Homeland by Brotherton, David C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Study

How It All Began The Literature The Deportee as Substance The Deportee as Theory Toward a Transnational Methodology Contents of the Book

2. Setting and Sample

History The Contemporary Sociogeography of the Dominican Republic The Political Economy of the Dominican Republic What Happened to the Caribbean Miracle? From Indirect to Direct Violence The Sample

3. Leaving for America

Reasons for Leaving From the Indirect Violence of Poverty to the Direct Violence of Repression Feelings of Loss Getting to America Conclusion

4. Settlement

The Neighborhood Family Life School Life Getting a Job Conclusion

5. Pathways to Crime

Pathways to Crime The Peer Group What of Rational Choice? The Egocentric Economic Decision What of the Family Context? Of Ethics and Socialization: Snitches and Corrupt Officials Conclusion

6. Prison

Legal Representation The Shock of the Sentence Prison Experiences Conclusion

7. Deported

Experiencing the Legal Process of Deportation The Flight Back Conclusion

8. Back in the Homeland—Part One: The Social-Psychological Crisis of the Deportee

Getting Processed The Experience of Social Displacement and Stigmatization Moral and Physical Stigma Conclusion

9. Back in the Homeland—Part Two: Economic, Social and Cultural Survival

Work The Formal Sector The Informal Sector Conclusion

10. Back in the Homeland—Part Three: Prison, Dominican Style

The Dominican Prison System The Situation at Najayo Prison Conclusion

11. The Return of the Deportees

Why Go Back to the United States? How Do Deportees Return? Surviving in New York City Themes from the Interviews Conclusion

12. Conclusion

Between Hope and Rejection Bulimia and a Contradictory Theory of Exclusion The Homecoming What of Resistance? New Practices and Policies of Inclusion? More Research

Appendix A: Dominican Central Bank Occupational Data Appendix B: Internet Resources Appendix C: Immigrant Rights Appendix D: Pro-Immigrant Organizations Fighting Deportation Notes References Index