Civic engagements [electronic resource] : the citizenship practices of Indian and Vietnamese immigrants / Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay.
2012
F395.E2 B74 2012eb
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Civic engagements [electronic resource] : the citizenship practices of Indian and Vietnamese immigrants / Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay.
Author
Brettell, Caroline.
ISBN
9780804778985 (electronic book)
9780804775281
9780804775298
9780804775281
9780804775298
Publication Details
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 275 p.)
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F395.E2 B74 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.1191/40764
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
Immigrant identities and the meanings of citizenship
Temples, mosques, and churches
Ethnic associations
Festivals and banquets
Pathways to wider participation.