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A place to be : Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in Florida's new destinations
Title
A place to be : Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in Florida's new destinations / edited by Philip J. Williams, Timothy J. Steigenga, and Manuel A. Vásquez.
ISBN
9780813544922 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813544920 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813544939 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813544939 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
ix, 238 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Notes
"This book is the product of a collaborative transnational research project that grew out of a workshop held at the University of Florida in 2001"--P. vii.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : understanding transnationalism, collective mobilization, and lived religion in new immigrant destinations / Philip J. Williams, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Timothy J. Steigenga
Beyond homo anomicus : interpersonal networks, space, and religion among Brazilians in Broward County / Manuel A. Vásquez
From Jacaltenango to Jupiter : negotiating the concept of "family" through transnational space and time / Silvia Irene Palma, Carol Girón Solórzano, and Timothy J. Steigenga
Solidarities among Mexican immigrants in Immokalee / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Mirian Solís Lizama, and Philip J. Williams
Transnationalism and collective action among Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants in two Florida communities / Timothy J. Steigenga and Philip J. Williams
Immigrant regime of production : the state, political mobilization, and religious and business networks among Brazilians in south Florida / José Claúdio Souza Alves
Lived religion and a sense of home : the ambiguities of transnational identity among Jacaltecos in Jupiter / Timothy J. Steigenga, Silvia Irene Palma, and Carol Girón Solórzano
Looking for lived religion in Immokalee / Philip J. Williams and Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola
Brazilian and Mexican women : interacting with God in Florida / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Lúcia Ribeiro, and Mirian Solís Lizama
A place to be : new and old geographies of Latin American migration in Florida and beyond / Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Philip J. Williams.
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