Latino Churches: Faith, Family, and Ethnicity in the Second GenerationCrane's work shows how a significant number of Latino youth born in the rural Midwest have stayed involved in church out of ethnic and family solidarity. Although these youths do not show the same zeal and enthusiasm for certain traditions held dear by their parents, they have kept the church as a vital social space for expressing their own spirituality and ethnic identity. Latino churches, in turn, are effective in shaping the lives of youth because they function both as supporters and extensions of the family. The family-congregation nexus combines to enable a more selective form of acculturation that maintains a high-level of family cohesion and linguistic-cultural continuity. Crane's study shows that religion continues to increase the diversity of society rather than facilitate the "incorporation" of ethnic groups into a cultural "mainstream." |
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... native Latino presence is partly indicative of a long history of Mexican migration to the agricultural regions of Michigan . Since the 1990s the Latino population has doubled in Ciderville ... native population . Native 52 Latino Churches.
... native Latino presence is partly indicative of a long history of Mexican migration to the agricultural regions of Michigan . Since the 1990s the Latino population has doubled in Ciderville ... native population . Native 52 Latino Churches.
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... native population . Native Latinos contributed over 72 % of the Latino population growth during the 1980s ( Rosenbaum 1996 ) . However it is unlikely that natural increase was responsible for the dramatic growth of Latinos in southwest ...
... native population . Native Latinos contributed over 72 % of the Latino population growth during the 1980s ( Rosenbaum 1996 ) . However it is unlikely that natural increase was responsible for the dramatic growth of Latinos in southwest ...
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... native language , while still lacking full English fluency ( Portes and Rumbaut 2001 : 130 ) . - The experience of the Meyerton High's second - generation Latino students is common among non - white second- generation youth who ...
... native language , while still lacking full English fluency ( Portes and Rumbaut 2001 : 130 ) . - The experience of the Meyerton High's second - generation Latino students is common among non - white second- generation youth who ...
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