A igreja é como a casa da minha mãe: religião e espaço vivido entre brasileiros no condado de Broward = The church is like my mother's house : religion and living space among Brazilians in Broward County
This article focuses on the role religion plays for Brazilian immigrants, as they seek to negotiate everyday life in a geographically de-centered exurb in Broward County, Florida - USA, which lacks established immigrant organizations. In this context, churches offer resources to help Brazilian immig...
| Subtitles: | The church is like my mother's house |
|---|---|
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur
2007
|
| In: |
Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2007, Volume: 9, Issue: 9, Pages: 13-29 |
| Further subjects: | B
Migration
B Religion B Dynamics of settlement B Community Organization |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This article focuses on the role religion plays for Brazilian immigrants, as they seek to negotiate everyday life in a geographically de-centered exurb in Broward County, Florida - USA, which lacks established immigrant organizations. In this context, churches offer resources to help Brazilian immigrants create spaces of sociability, collective identity, and mutual aid. More importantly, beyond the institutional support, religion serves to render the process of migration meaningful, linking it with the deeply affective experience of the sacred in a hostile environment. While these religious resources are conflict-laden, they provide crucial resources for an incipient community. The article begins with a brief profile of the Brazilian community based on fieldwork conducted from 2001 to 2004 in South Florida. Then, it analyzes some of the ways in which religious resources are deployed by Brazilians in Broward County. It concludes with some preliminary reflections about the dynamics of settlement in non-conventional sites of immigration from Latin America. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1982-2650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22456/1982-2650.2510 |