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Faith, family, and Filipino American community life / Stephen M. Cherry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages))Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813562063
  • 0813562066
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faith, family, and Filipino American community life.DDC classification:
  • 282.089 282.0899921073
LOC classification:
  • BX1407 .F55 C44 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Faithfully Filipino and American; 2. Catholic Culture and Filipino Families; 3. Community of Communities; 4. Communities in Conflict; 5. Building Centers of Community; 6. Caring for Community; 7. Protecting Family and Life; 8. Growing Presence and Potential Impacts; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This ground-breaking book draws upon a rich set of ethnographic and survey data, collected over a six-year period, to explore the roles that Catholicism and family play in shaping Filipino American community life. It illustrates the powerful ways these forces structure and animate not only how first-generation Filipino Americans think and feel about their community, but how they are compelled to engage it over issues deemed important to the sanctity of the family.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)672908

Print version record.

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Faithfully Filipino and American; 2. Catholic Culture and Filipino Families; 3. Community of Communities; 4. Communities in Conflict; 5. Building Centers of Community; 6. Caring for Community; 7. Protecting Family and Life; 8. Growing Presence and Potential Impacts; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

This ground-breaking book draws upon a rich set of ethnographic and survey data, collected over a six-year period, to explore the roles that Catholicism and family play in shaping Filipino American community life. It illustrates the powerful ways these forces structure and animate not only how first-generation Filipino Americans think and feel about their community, but how they are compelled to engage it over issues deemed important to the sanctity of the family.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.