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Long-Distance Nationalism In Haiti

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An idea that goes hand-in-hand with the notion of “long-distance nationalism” is the act of remittances, which is also touched on in Georges Woke Up Laughing: Long-Distance Nationalism and the Search for Home. It is used as another method of connection between families/family members abroad to those who remain in Haiti. Particularly in the case of Haiti, this “long-distance nationalism” emerged from these transbordered forms of national identity in combination with increasing globalization and Haiti’s known political economy of dependency. The idea that is explored here is the link between sending these remittances, gifts, and other resources back home to Haiti and the sudden weight that is felt by the Haitian transmigrant abroad to these family
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