Judith Noemí Freidenberg

Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States

The View from Prince George's County, Maryland

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Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocates for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and stresses that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.

Produktdetails

• Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780739182628
• ISBN-10: 0739182625
• Artikelnr.: 44726117

Autorenporträt

Judith Noemí Freidenberg is professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland and director of The Anthropology of the Immigrant Life Course Research Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding the United States through the Immigrant Life
Course Part I: Contexts of Immigrant Experience Chapter 1: The People of
Prince George's County Chapter 2: Conversations about County Identity Part
II: Testimonies of Immigrant Experience Chapter 3: Growing Up, Making an
Exit Decision, and Leaving Chapter 4: Immigrant Journeys Chapter 5: Life
Changes in New Destinations Part III: Globalizing the Immigrant Experience
Chapter 6: Ideology of the "Good Life" Chapter 7: Imagined and Empirical
Frontiers Epilogue: To Continue the Conversations Appendix 1: Immigrant
Experience Interview Schedule Appendix 2: Video Links