%0 Journal Article 
%A Hernández, Ramona
%A Sezgin, Utku
%T Second-generation U.S. Dominicans and the question of a transational orientation
%D 2010
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8348
%X Like their parents, second-generation Dominicans in the United States are
generally described in the academic literature as transnational, a description that
perpetuates the notion that Dominicans, as a whole, hold onto a transnational identity.
This monograph focuses on the presumed transnational identity of Dominicans born
in the United States. The analysis relies on empirical data extracted from 23 in-depth,
semi-structured interviews with college-educated second-generation Dominicans, as
well as findings from a probabilistic survey of 600 adult Dominicans living in households
in New York City who answered questions related to everyday life issues. Three basic
questions inform the analysis: (1) What characteristics do second-generation
Dominicans exhibit that persuade scholars to describe them as “transnational” despite
being born and raised in the United States? (2) Do second-generation Dominicans
exhibit similar or different transnational practices as their parents? And (3) What is the
likelihood that second-generation Dominicans will transmit a transnational identity to
their children? The authors argue that transnational practices by U.S.-born Dominicans
are highly selective and very distinct from transnational practices traditionally associated with immigrants. They further argue that second-generation Dominicans of higher
socioeconomic status—as measured through levels of education, type of job, and
income—are likely to identify less with transnational practices and more with
mainstream U.S. social practices as compared to second-generation Dominicans of lower
socioeconomic status. In addition, upwardly mobile second-generation Dominicans live
in a diverse world, relating and interacting with non-Dominicans. Thus, even if they
operate as ethnic-Dominicans, they are expected to be able to function in an ethnicallydiverse
context. A changing society where diversity and hyphenated ethnic identities
prevail raises the question of what are the prospects for the continuation of the
transnational Dominican cultural identity in the United States.

%K Critical article
%K Ensayo
%K Transnationalism
%K Dominicans
%K Second-generation
%K Assimilation
%K Dominican-Americans
%K Transnacionalismo
%K Dominicanos
%K Segunda generación
%K Asimilación
%K Dominicano-americano
%K Humanidades
%K Historia de América
%K America-History
%K Arte
%K Art
%K Literatura
%K Literature
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala