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Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants

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Description for Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants Paperback. This work examines how Indian and Vietnamese immigrants in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth area of Texas learn and practice civic engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804775298
SKU
V9780804775298
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Ref
99-50

About Caroline Brettell
Caroline B. Brettell is Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. Deborah Reed-Danahay is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for European Studies (CEUS) at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Reviews for Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants
"Civic Engagements is a well-written and analytically astute book that will interest scholars in a variety of fields dealing with immigration, race and ethnicity, and civic and political participation, as well as religion, cultural studies, gender, and the family."—Sofya Aptekar, Journal of American Studies "Overall, this is a well-written and well-organized book."—Helen B. Marrow, International Migration Review "Brettell and Reed-Danahay ... Read more

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