Gender, Religion, and Migration Pathways of Integration

by Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe; Angeles, Vivienne SM.; M. Angeles, Vivienne S.; Baas, Michiel; Bendixsen, Synnøve; Bleszynka, Krystyna; de Castro, Cristina Maria; Chafic, Wafa; Cruz, Gemma Tulud; Hüwelmeier, Gertrud; Nielsen, Helene Pristed; Odera, Lilian; Olagok

• ISBN13: 9780739133132
• ISBN10: 0739133136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-03
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Gender, Religion, and Migration is the first multidisciplinary collection on the intersection of gender and religion in the integration of different groups of immigrants, migrant workers, youths, and students in host societies in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America. It investigates the link and tensions between religion and integration from a gendered perspective. By examining the contemporary significance of religion in the context of global migrations, the fifteen research-based chapters provide new insights and perspectives. They explore the differing ways in which male and female immigrants find meaning in faith-beliefs and religious traditions in an attempt to belong in foreign lands. While religion provides mechanisms for negotiating immigrant life in the host countries, it also inhibits the integration of immigrants, especially in countries where the majority religion is different. This dual phenomenon of promoting religion and inhibiting integration is critically examined in the lives of Filipinos, Brazilians, Indians, Polish, Mexicans, Vietnamese, Kenyans, Nigerians, and Middle Eastern peoples. The book also engages various theories on gender, religion, and migration and demonstrates the fluidity of gender construction as people cross borders. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Glenda Tibe Bonifacio is assistant professor of women's studies at the University of Lethbridge. Vivienne SM. Angeles is assistant professor of religion at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Asia-Pacific
It Cuts Both Ways: Religion and Filipina Domestic Workers in Hong Kong	p. 17
Faithing Japan: Japanese Brazilian Migrants and the Roman Catholic Church	p. 55
On Being Part of the Whole: Positioning the Values of Muslim Men in Sydney	p. 55
Praying for Food: Class and Indian Overseas Students in Australia	p. 71
Europe
Islam as a New Urban Identity? Young Female Muslims Creating a Religious Youth Culture in Berlin	p. 95
Female Believers on the Move: Vietnamese Pentecostal Networks in Germany	p. 115
Islam: A Dead End for Integration of Female Immigrants in Denmark?	p. 133
Muslim Immigrants in France: Religious Markets and New Mechanisms of Integration	p. 147
Latin America
Muslim Women in Brazil: Notes on Religion and Integration	p. 167
North America
Polish-Catholic Religiosity in California	p. 183
Acculturation of Kenyan Immigrants in the United States: Religious Service Attendance and Transnational Ties	p. 199
Ethno-Religious Power: Yoruba Immigrant Women in the United States	p. 217
New Guadalupanos: Mexican Immigrants, a Grassroots Organization and a Pilgrimage to New York	p. 237
Building Communities through Faith: Filipino Catholics in Philadelphia and Alberta	p. 257
No Greater Law: Illegal Immigration and Faith-based Activism	p. 275
Contributors	p. 291
Index	p. 297
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