Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States / / ed. by Paul DiMaggio, Patricia Fernandez-Kelly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Cárdenas, Gilberto,; DiMaggio, Paul,; Durand, Jorge,; Espiritu, Yen Le,; Fernández-Kelly, Patricia,; Jamal, Amaney,; Maira, Sunaina,; Massey, Douglas S.,; Menjívar, Cecilia,; Murphy, Clifford R.,; Rey, Terry,; Seifert, Susan C.,; Stepick, Alex,; Stern, Mark J.,; Vitiello, Domenic,; Wong, Deborah,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cârdenas, Gilberto.; Espiritu, Yen Le.; Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia.; Jamal, Amaney.; Maira, Sunaina.; Massey, Douglas.; Menjivar, Cecilia.; Murphy, Clifford.; Rey, Terry.; Seifert, Susan.; Stepick, Alex.; Stern, Mark.; Vitiello, Domenic.; Wong, Deborah.
• HerausgeberIn: DiMaggio, Paul,; Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Rutgers Series: The Public Life of the Arts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 10

Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States is the first book to provide a comprehensive and lively analysis of the contributions of artists from America's newest immigrant communities--Africa, the Middle East, China, India, Southeast Asia, Central America, and Mexico. Adding significantly to our understanding of both the arts and immigration, multidisciplinary scholars explore tensions that artists face in forging careers in a new world and navigating between their home communities and the larger society. They address the art forms that these modern settlers bring with them; show how poets, musicians, playwrights, and visual artists adapt traditional forms to new environments; and consider the ways in which the communities' young people integrate their own traditions and concerns into contemporary expression.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Diversity and Mobility of Immigrant Arts -- 2. Migrants and the Transformation of Philadelphia's Cultural Economy -- 3. A Howl to the Heavens: Art in the Life of First- and Second-Generation Cuban Americans -- 4. Inside and Outside the Box: The Politics of Arab American Identity and Artistic Representations -- 5. Desis in and out of the House: South Asian Youth Culture in the United States before and after 9/11 -- 6. The Intimate Circle: Finding Common Ground in Mariachi and Norteño Music -- 7. GenerAsians Learn Chinese: The Asian American Youth Generation and New Class Formations -- 8. Unfinished Journey: Mexican Migration through the Visual Arts -- 9. Immigrant Art as Liminal Expression: The Case of Central Americans -- 10. Negotiating Memories of War: Arts in Vietnamese American Communities -- 11. Miracles on the Border: The Votive Art of Mexican Migrants to the United States -- 12. Visual Culture and Visual Piety in Little Haiti: The Sea, the Tree, and the Refugee -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index