Encounters with American ethnic cultures /
Encounters with American Ethnic Cultures represents a cultural approach to understanding ethnic diversity in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Thirteen chapters, each using an ethnographic field methodology, explore such ethnic experience as the "invisible" (WASPS and African-Americans);...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©1990.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Encounters with American Ethnic Cultures represents a cultural approach to understanding ethnic diversity in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Thirteen 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 ex |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-359) and index. |
ISBN: | 0585140928 9780585140926 9780817383756 0817383751 |