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Civic engagements : the citizenship practices of Indian and Vietnamese immigrants / Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay.
LIBRA F395.E2 B74 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brettell, Caroline, author.
- Reed-Danahay, Deborah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Indian Americans--Political activity--Texas.
- East Indian Americans.
- Vietnamese Americans--Political activity--Texas.
- Vietnamese Americans.
- East Indian Americans--Texas--Societies, etc.
- Vietnamese Americans--Texas--Societies, etc.
- Immigrants--Political activity--United States--Case studies.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Societies, etc--Case studies.
- Immigrants--Political activity.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 275 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- For refugees and immigrants in the United States, expressions of citizenship and belonging emerge not only during the naturalization process, but also during more informal, everyday activities in the community. Based on research in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth area of Texas, this book examines the sociocultural spaces in which Vietnamese and Indian immigrants are engaging with the wider civic sphere.
- As Civic Engagements reveals, religious and ethnic organizations provide arenas in which immigrants develop their own ways of being and becoming "American." Skills honed at a meeting, festival, or banquet have resounding implications for the future political potential of these immigrant populations, both locally and nationally. Employing Lave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice" as a framework, this book emphasizes the variety of processes by which new citizens acquire the civic and leadership skills that help them to move from peripheral positions to more central roles in American society. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Arrival, settlement, and the construction of cultural landscapes
- Immigrant identities and the meanings of citizenship
- Temples, mosques, and churches
- Ethnic associations
- Festivals and banquets
- Pathways to wider participation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804775281
- 0804775281
- 9780804775298
- 080477529X
- OCLC:
- 712931462
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