Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States

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TitleArt in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsDiMaggio, Paul, and María Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Series TitleThe Public Life of the Arts
PublisherRutgers University Press
CityNew Brunswick, N.J.
ISBN Number9780813547572 0813547571 9780813547589 081354758X
KeywordsArts and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Arts and society -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, Immigrants -- United States -- social life and customs -- 21st century, United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Abstract

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.