Aims to provide broad cross-cultural coverage to encourage comparative analysis of the theme of the anthropology of gender. Research on women's lives is complemented by articles on male gender roles. Research into the application of feminist theory to the study of men is incorporated.

Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Self-Help

Brettell, Caroline

Prentice Hall,c1993

Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants

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 sphere. As 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.

Politics & Social Sciences

Reed-Danahay, Deborah

Social Sciences

Stanford University Press

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 sphere. As 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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Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants

Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants