Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Immigrants in Honduras

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ID11155197
AuthorsLirio Gutiérrez Rivera (0000-0001-9081-1613, corresponding author)
Year2014
Issue48
Pages57-68
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Estudios Sociales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0123-885X • E-ISSN: 1900-5180
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/res48.2014.05
OpenAlexW2117969526
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This article looks at Palestinian immigrants in contemporary Honduras. It questions the general assumption that Palestinians have successfully assimilated into predominantly mestizo societies. It shows that the Palestinian community has maintained various features and references, such as their religious affiliation and their activity in commerce and trade, that make them a culturally differentiated group. This article also explores why, against the recent backdrop of multiculturalism, the Palestinian immigrant community have not mobilized an ethnic identity in order to gain access to resources or demand collective recognition. Furthermore, it shows that Palestinian immigrants have benefitted from various macro and local political and economic factors and policies that contributed to the accumulation of different forms of capital throughout the 20th century

Assimilation (phonology · Capital (architecture · Collective identity · Cultural assimilation · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Identity (music · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cassava research and cyanide · Gender Studies · Law

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