Description: Civic Engagements : The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants, Hardcover by Brettell, Caroline B.; Reed-Danahay, Deborah, ISBN 0804775281, ISBN-13 9780804775281, Brand New, Free shipping in the US For refugees and immigrants in the United States, expressions of citizenship and belonging emerge not only during the naturalization process but also during more informal, everyday activities in the community. Based on research in the Dallas–Arlington–Fort Worth area of Texas, this book examines the sociocultural spaces in which Vietnamese and Indian immigrants are engaging with the wider civic Civic Engagements reveals, religious and ethnic organizations provide arenas in which immigrants develop their own ways of being and becoming "American." Skills honed at a meeting, festival, or banquet have resounding implications for the future political potential of these immigrant populations, both locally and nationally. Employing Lave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice" as a framework, this book emphasizes the variety of processes by which new citizens acquire the civic and leadership skills that help them to move from peripheral positions to more central roles in American society.
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Book Title: Civic Engagements : The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietn
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Civic Engagements : the Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Subject: Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Anthropology / General
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science
Author: Caroline Brettell, Deborah Reed-Danahay
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
