{"product_id":"9780817383756","title":"Encounters with American Ethnic Cultures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncounters with American Ethnic Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e represents a cultural approach to understanding ethnic diversity in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirteen chapters, each using an ethnographic field methodology, explore such ethnic experience as the \"invisible\" (WASPS and African-Americans); \"self-chosen\" (Welsh-American, Irish-American, and Ukrainian-American); \"gender-related\" (the Lubovitcher); \"religious\" (Jewish, Native American, Greek-American, and Puerto Rican); and \"dislocated\" (Cambodians and the homeless). Ethnographic fieldwork focuses an insider's view on the meaning of ethnic experience in the lives of participants in the research. This volume examines the role and function of various ethnic endeavors in the preservation and maintenance of ethnic identity by contemporary Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis five part volume includes:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Ethnic Culture Analysis—A Course of Study, Jane C. Goodale and Philip L. Kilbride\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodology, Elizabeth R. Ameisen and Carolyn G. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Black and WASP in American Cultural Experience: The Invisible Ones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExclusivity in an Ethnic Elite: Racial Prejudice as Boundary Maintenance, Elizabeth R. Ameisen\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfricans and African-Americans: An Ethnohistorical View and Symbolic Analysis of Food Habits, Carolyn G. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Self-Chosen Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnique Americans: The Welsh-American Ethnic Group in the Philadelphia Area, Lorraine Murray\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrish-Americans and Irish Dance: Self-Chosen Ethnicity, Erin McGauley Hebard\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt and Identity: Ukrainian-American Ethnicity, Jennifer Krier\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Interpretations of Gender and Ethnicity: The Lubavitcher Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality Does Not Mean Sameness: The Role of Women within the Lubavitcher Marriage, Philip Baldinger\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies for Strength: Women and Personal Empowerment in Lubavitcher Hasidism, Gita Srinivasan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Ethnicity and Religion: The Persistence of Collective Representations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Lives Revolve around the Holidays: Holidays in the Transmission of Jewish Ethnicity, Anna Dahlem\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFayetteville or Raleigh? An Analysis of an American Indian Baptist Church, Beth Batten\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIssues in Greek Orthodoxy That Define and Maintain Greek-American Ethnicity, Karen L. Belsley\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEs como si fuera la casa de uno: The Role of the Community Church in Maintaining Puerto Rican Ethnicity, Monica Schoch-Spana\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Dislocation and Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCambodian Marriage: Marriage and How it is Changing among Cambodian Refugees in Philadelphia, Rebecca C. Popenoe\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnic Expression in a Jewish Street Person, Andrew Millstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion, Philip L. Kilbride and Jane C. Goodale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080818049264,"sku":"9780817383756","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817383756_p0.jpg?v=1763749091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817383756","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}