Intimacy across borders : race, religion, and migration in the U.S. Midwest

Juffer, Jane 1962- (Author).

Summary: Examining how encounters produced by migration lead to intimacies-ranging from sexual, spiritual, and neighborly to hateful and violent, Jane Juffer considers the significant changes that have occurred in small towns following an influx of Latinos to the Midwest. Intimacy across Borders situates the story of the Dutch Reformed Church in Iowa and South Africa within a larger analysis of race, religion, and globalization. Drawing on personal narrative, ethnography, and sociopolitical critique, Juffer shows how migration to rural areas can disrupt even the most thoroughly en.

Record details

ISBN: 9781439910535
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Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Computer data.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Introduction -- Two lives -- Hybrid faiths -- Spaces of difference -- "Motherly love" -- Too close to home -- Works cited -- Index.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.