Title: A place to be : Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in Florida's new destinations /
Authors: Williams, Philip J., 1959-; Steigenga, Timothy J., 1965-; Vásquez, Manuel A.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Latin Americans Florida Social conditions Congresses.; Latin Americans Florida Religion Congresses.; Transnationalism Congresses.; Florida Emigration and immigration Social aspects Congresses.
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.