Strangers No Longer Strangers No Longer
Latinos in Chicago and Midwest

Strangers No Longer

Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin

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Publisher Description

Hospitality practices grounded in religious belief have long exercised a profound influence on Wisconsin’s Latino communities. Sergio M. González examines the power relations at work behind the types of hospitality--welcoming and otherwise--practiced on newcomers in both Milwaukee and rural areas of the Badger State. González’s analysis addresses central issues like the foundational role played by religion and sacred spaces in shaping experiences and facilitating collaboration among disparate Latino groups and across ethnic lines; the connections between sacred spaces and the moral justification for social justice movements; and the ways sacred spaces evolved into places for mitigating prejudice and social alienation, providing sanctuary from nativism and repression, and fostering local and transnational community building.

Perceptive and original, Strangers No Longer reframes the history of Latinos in Wisconsin by revealing religion’s central role in the settlement experience of immigrants, migrants, and refugees.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2024
March 26
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
312
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Illinois Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
6.6
MB
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