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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... sense of loss . The psychologist Ricardo Ainsley ( 1998 ) describes this process as " cultural mourning . ” As a natural component of this mourning process , immigrants make use of “ linking objects " and " linking processes " that help ...
... sense of loss . The psychologist Ricardo Ainsley ( 1998 ) describes this process as " cultural mourning . ” As a natural component of this mourning process , immigrants make use of “ linking objects " and " linking processes " that help ...
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... sense of marginality ( Portes and Rumbaut 2001 : 150 ) . The marginality referred to by Portes and Rumbaut comes from not being fully accepted or understood by ones own ethnic group ( being called gringa or white bread by more recent ...
... sense of marginality ( Portes and Rumbaut 2001 : 150 ) . The marginality referred to by Portes and Rumbaut comes from not being fully accepted or understood by ones own ethnic group ( being called gringa or white bread by more recent ...
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... sense of speaking Spanish , not in a cultural way . Nevertheless , none of the youth had any fears that their ethnicity would create barriers to success . Danny's identification as Mexican , his closeness to Mexican friends , does not ...
... sense of speaking Spanish , not in a cultural way . Nevertheless , none of the youth had any fears that their ethnicity would create barriers to success . Danny's identification as Mexican , his closeness to Mexican friends , does not ...
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