Halyna Lemekh
Biographic Data
| ID | 938076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Halyna Lemekh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Halyna |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemekh |
| SIGNATURE | LEMEKH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Francis College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4332-1069 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Immigration by Design
Fear as a Group Emotion in Mixed-Status Immigrant Ecuadorian Community in Queens, New York
Executive Summary This study foregrounds fear as a group emotion shared by members of the Ecuadorian immigrant community in Queens, New York. The study is based on 30 in-depth interviews collected through ethnographic fieldwork in an Ecuadorian enclave in 2022–2023. It illuminates how fear, as a group emotion, instilled by “illegality,” is experienced by first-generation, 1.5-generation, and second-generation immigrants. Group fear experienced by…
Changing the Landscape of an American Town
Seven Meanings of the Border Wall and Their Implications
This article foregrounds seven meanings attached to the wall on the southern border by immigrants. It is premised on 67 interviews collected during ethnographic field research conducted in 2019–2020 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, a “global neighborhood” broadly known as Koreatown. The findings of the study reveal the following meanings of the wall: 1) a defense mechanism; 2) a symbol of anti-immigrant sentiments; 3) an intensifier of unauthorized…
Multifaceted Intergroup Relations in an American Town—Immigrant Intrusion, Symbiosis, and Invisibility
Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores the intricate relationships between three major ethno-racial groups residing in a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area. At the present time, the prosperous Korean ethnoburb is gentrified by Korean immigrants, triggering the displacement of the old-timers, referred to as the “White exodus” in this research. Granted that the cheap labor is in high demand in the rejuvenating neighborh…
Seven Meanings of the Border Wall and Their Implications
This article foregrounds seven meanings attached to the wall on the southern border by immigrants. It is premised on 67 interviews collected during ethnographic field research conducted in 2019–2020 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, a “global neighborhood” broadly known as Koreatown. The findings of the study reveal the following meanings of the wall: 1) a defense mechanism; 2) a symbol of anti-immigrant sentiments; 3) an intensifier of unauthorized…
Multifaceted Intergroup Relations in an American Town—Immigrant Intrusion, Symbiosis, and Invisibility
Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores the intricate relationships between three major ethno-racial groups residing in a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area. At the present time, the prosperous Korean ethnoburb is gentrified by Korean immigrants, triggering the displacement of the old-timers, referred to as the “White exodus” in this research. Granted that the cheap labor is in high demand in the rejuvenating neighborh…
Changing the Landscape of an American Town
Seven Meanings of the Border Wall and Their Implications
This article foregrounds seven meanings attached to the wall on the southern border by immigrants. It is premised on 67 interviews collected during ethnographic field research conducted in 2019–2020 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, a “global neighborhood” broadly known as Koreatown. The findings of the study reveal the following meanings of the wall: 1) a defense mechanism; 2) a symbol of anti-immigrant sentiments; 3) an intensifier of unauthorized…
Fear as a Group Emotion in Mixed-Status Immigrant Ecuadorian Community in Queens, New York
Executive Summary This study foregrounds fear as a group emotion shared by members of the Ecuadorian immigrant community in Queens, New York. The study is based on 30 in-depth interviews collected through ethnographic fieldwork in an Ecuadorian enclave in 2022–2023. It illuminates how fear, as a group emotion, instilled by “illegality,” is experienced by first-generation, 1.5-generation, and second-generation immigrants. Group fear experienced by…
Immigration by Design
Immigration (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Law (2 works)