The Construction of Equality : Syriac Immigration and the Swedish City /

An industrial city on the outskirts of Stockholm, Södertälje is the global capital of the Syriac Orthodox Christian diaspora, an ethnic and religious minority group fleeing persecution and discrimination in the Middle East. Since the 1960s, this Syriac community has transformed the standardized we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mack, Jennifer Shannon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Group identity > Sweden.
City planning > Sweden.
Syrians > Sweden > Södertälje.
Sweden > Emigration and immigration.
Södertälje (Sweden) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : urban design from below
  • 1. Standards and separatism : the Swedish Million Program, Syriac enclaves, and equality
  • 2. Visible cities, invisible citizens : service and citizenship in the centrum
  • 3. Making Mesopotälje : sacred and profane "diaspora space" in the city
  • 4. "Södertälje is a theater" : the performance of propriety and ritual infrastructure
  • 5. Greetings from Hollywood! : Enclaves and participation "from the ghetto to the mansion"
  • 6. Safety in numbers : tolerance and norms in Syriac design
  • Conclusion : the new periphery.

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