Art in the lives of immigrant communities in the United States / edited by Paul DiMaggio and Patricia Fernández-Kelly.

SeriesThe public life of the arts
Rutgers series on the public life of the arts. ^A596252
Contents Introduction: The diversity and mobility of immigrant arts / Paul DiMaggio and Patricia Fernández-Kelly -- Migrants and the transformation of Philadelphia's cultural sector / Mark J. Stern, Susan C. Seifert, and Domenic Vitiello -- A howl to the heavens: art in the life of first- and second-generation Cuban Americans / Patricia Fernández-Kelly -- Inside and outside the box: the politics of Arab American identity and artistic representations / Amaney Jamal -- Desis in and out of the house: South Asian youth culture in the United States before and after 9/11 / Sunaina Maira -- The intimate circle: finding common ground in mariachi and norteña music / Clifford R. Murphy -- GenerAsians learn Chinese: the Asian American youth generation and new class formations / Deborah Wong -- Unfinished journey: Mexican migration through the visual arts / Gilberto Cárdenas -- Immigrant art as liminal expression: the case of Central Americans / Cecilia Menjívar -- Negotiating memories of war: arts in Vietnamese American communities / Yen Le Espiritu -- Miracles on the border: the votive art of Mexican migrants to the United States / Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey -- Visual culture and visual piety in Little Haiti: the sea, the tree, and the refugee / Terry Rey and Alex Stepick.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009043148
ISBN9780813547572 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813547571 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813547589 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN081354758X (pbk. : alk. paper)