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Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience Bilingual Edition
byHector Avalos(Editor)
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Latinos/Latinas are the largest "minority" in the United States, but the field of U.S. Latino/Latina studies is still in its infancy. This work represents the first single volume ever published on the U.S. Latino/Latina religious experience, an area that is even less explored. A carefully selected group of experts examines the major sub-groups of Latinos/Latinas including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans, along with some of the lesser studied groups such as Dominicans and Central Americans. In addition, the volume includes important thematic chapters on the roles of art, film, health care, literature, music, politics, and women's influence in the U.S. Latino/Latina religious experience.
- ISBN-100391042408
- ISBN-13978-0391042407
- EditionBilingual
- PublisherBrill Academic Pub
- Publication dateApril 26, 2005
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
- Print length336 pages
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About the Author
Hector Avalos, Ph.D.(1991), in Bible/Near Eastern studies at Harvard University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the U.S. Latino/a Studies program at Iowa State University and the general editor of the Brill seriesReligion in the Americas.
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- Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
- Publication date : April 26, 2005
- Edition : Bilingual
- Language : English
- Print length : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0391042408
- ISBN-13 : 978-0391042407
- Item Weight : 1.12 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,539 inFolk & Tribal Practices
- #2,835 inHispanic American Demographic Studies
- #20,004 inReligious Studies (Books)
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseGreat and fast shipping. Was expected this weekend, but got it right before Christmas!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2013Format: PaperbackIf you have gone to MacArthur Park and the surrounding Pico Union district in Los Angeles, you will see an overwhelming Latino neighbourhood. To non-latinos this might be nothing unusual in this city. But this book explains well that the district serves a predominantly Central American clientele. Avalos has done extensive fieldwork in Pico Union and his book describes people from Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador who gravitated here when arriving in LA.
The book does not confine itself to the purely religious aspects of the community. But it shows how the local annual festivals are far more than just carnivals. Though you can certainly see the rides and show booths from the road. Interestingly, interviews with local latinos show an awareness that they do not tend to regard themselves as Hispanic or Latino, which are constructs and labels of the broader white society. Rather, they identify with their home countries and see significant distinctions compared with Mexicans or other central Americans. One sharp perception was that Pico Union, at the time the research was done, had far fewer resources than East LA, which was majority Mexican or people of Mexican descent.
The author also looks at other communities elsewhere in the US. But for those readers in LA, the Pico Union observations can be the more pertinent, since this district is in central LA, so close to Koreatown and the Wilshire corridor.
