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...

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