Transnational yearnings: Tourism, migration, and the diasporic city by JennyBurman, UBC Press, Vancouver, 2010, 205 pp., paper $29.95 (ISBN 9780774817363).

What is it about?

Transnational yearnings provides remarkable insights into transnational migration and generates exciting questionsaboutdiasporiccontext.Through the discussion of Caribbean transnationalism, particularly the interconnection between Toronto and Jamaica,thebookexploresthetransnationaldesires and asymmetrical power relations that inform transnational migration and the diasporization of urban spaces. It also outlines the crucial potential of the “diasporic city” as a notion that highlights how the public sphere of cities are claimed, transformed, and effectively conceived by residents with Caribbean and transnational identities and affiliations. Burman considers the circular migration patterns

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