God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York's Evolving Immigrant Community (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity). Kenneth Guest

God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York's Evolving Immigrant Community (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)



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Language: English
Page: 237
ISBN: 0814731546, 9781417588220

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“This path-breaking work offers a new angle from which to appreciate the resiliency of new immigrants. The Fuzhounese are shown using religious institutions to build supportive networks to help them cope with debt burdens, family separations, tenuous immigration status and the dehumanizing effects of working under sweatshop conditions.”
-Peter Kwong,author of Forbidden Workers: Chinese Illegal Immigrants and American Labor

“Chock full of great quotes and insights, Ken Guest’s eight years of fieldwork and research has produced a wonderful study on the role of religious networks in transnational migration. While mindful of exploitation and geopolitics, Guest zeroes in on the decisions and meanings migrants make of their own lives for themselves and for their families.”
-John Kuo Wei Tchen,author of New York Before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Making of American Culture, 1776-1882

“The excellent vignettes throughout the book further show, in striking detail, how immigrants from Fuzhou use the language and ideas of their faith traditions to make sense of their journeys and their daily lives in the United States. This book is a welcome addition to recent research about religion and the post-1965 immigrants.”
-Contemporary Sociology

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“God in Chinatown is useful for historians as well as those interested in the sociology of religion, the Chinese Diaspora, or New York City.”
-Religious Studies Review

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“God in Chinatown is an important study for historians and social scientists. Guest has . . . expanded the horizons of students of ethnic history.”
-Journal of American Ethnic History

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About the Author

Kenneth J. Guest is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Baruch College, CUNY, and Senior Research Consultant at the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship.



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