Title
Antigua Me From
Files
Interviewee
George Nathan
Description
Trevor Nathan tells the story of his first visit to his parents’ home country of Antigua. The Nathans immigrated to Louisiana in 1990 and raised Trevor and his brother Travis on the Westbank of New Orleans. In interviewing his father, George Nathan, Trevor seeks to better understand himself and his family’s position between two cultures. George describes his perspective of the family’s visit to Antigua, his upbringing on the island, and his immigration experience.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Neighborhood Story Project
City
New Orleans
Keywords
Immigration; Identity; Race; Caribbean; Family; African diaspora; African Americans; Carnival; Mardi Gras; J’ouvert
Location
Antigua; New Orleans, Louisiana; Westbank; Swetes Village, Antigua; West Indies
Disciplines
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Nathan, Trevor. “Antigua Me From.” A Guide to South Louisiana: Stories of Uncommon Culture, edited by Rachel Breunlin, Neighborhood Story Project, 2017.
Comments
The ethnographies in Guide to South Louisiana were created by students in Rachel Breunlin’s “Storytelling and Culture” course for the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans in the Spring of 2017.