1999/01/01 by Jose Itzigsohn, José Itzigsohn, Carlos Dore Cabral +2
Social Sciences · #Caribbean history, culture, and politics #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
paper · doi:10.1080/014198799329503
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This article maps the structure for understanding the Dominican transnational field. By transnational field we refer to a web of linkages that affects the lives of Dominicans in their places of residence in every social field. We find that social boundaries of the nation do not coincide with political ones and the degree of participation in transnational exchanges varies. We suggest that the structure of the transnational social field is better understood by establishing and defining broad and narrow transnational social practices.