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.

Other author Williams, Philip J., 1959-
Other author Steigenga, Timothy J., 1965-
Other author Vásquez, Manuel A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionix, 238 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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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.
General note"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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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