A Place to Be

by Williams, Philip J.; Steignenga, Timothy J.; Vasquez, Manuel A.

• ISBN13: 9780813544922
• ISBN10: 0813544920
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-30
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's new South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond. The stellar contributors from Latin America and the United States address the challenges faced by Latino immigrants, their cultural and religious practices, as well as the strategies used, as they move into areas experiencing recent large-scale immigration.Contributors to this volume include Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Carol Girón Solórzano, Silvia Irene Palma, Lúcia Ribeiro, Mirian Solís Lizama, José Claúdio Souza Alves, Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Philip J. Williams.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Transnational Lives

Beyond Homo Anomicus

From Jacaltenango to Jupiter

Solidarities among Mexican Immigrants in Immokalee

Collective Mobilization and Empowerment

Transnationalism and Collective Action among Guatemalan and Mexican Immigrants in Two Florida Communities

Immigrant Regime of Production

Identities and Lived Religion

Lived Religion and a Sense of Home

Looking for Lived Religion in Immokalee

Brazilian and Mexican Women

A Place to Be

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