A Place to Be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813544939 ISBN 13: 9780813544939

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 Solfs Lizama, José Claúdio Souza Alves, Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Philip J. Williams.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip J. Williams is a professor of political science at the University of Florida and coeditor of Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas (Rutgers University Press).Timothy J. Steigenga is a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University and coeditor of Conversion of a Continent (Rutgers University Press).Manuel A. Vásquez is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida and coauthor of Globalizing the Sacred (Rutgers University Press).

Review:

"A Place to Be is a must-read for everyone interested in religion and transnational communities. The book's innovative focus on lived religion and collective mobilization considerably advances theories of both international migration and religion." (Alex Stepick Director, Immigration & Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University)

"A cutting edge contribution that focuses on non-traditional placesof settlement, models new methods for analyzing religious geographies, andhighlights the important role of space, place, and time in immigrantincorporation and mobilization." (Peggy Levitt author of God Needs No Passport)

"This volume makes important contributions to immigration studies as well as to the study of 'lived religion' and its intersection with the livelihoods of Latin American immigrants in Florida."
(Journal of American Ethnic History)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0813544939
• ISBN 13: 9780813544939
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Williams Philip, Steigenga Timothy, Vásquez Manuel A.