This is an Italian Church with a Large Hispanic Population”

Factors and Strategies in White Ethno–Religious Place Making

Bibliographic Data

ID12766331
AuthorsJuan R Martinez (Harold Washington College, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume16
Issue4
Pages399-420
Publication date2017-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCity and Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1535-6841 • E-ISSN: 1540-6040
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/cico.12270
OpenAlexW2769579554
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited43

This paper examines how a group of white ethnic, mostly Italian American, Catholics participate in ethno–religious place making in a predominantly Latino church. In light of a growing number of Latino parishioners, white ethnic church members engage in place making activities to ascribe a white ethno–religious identity to place. Drawing on participant observations, interviews, and archival documents, I examine the impetus behind, and strategies used, in making ethno–religious place. I find that place attachment and group threat drive white ethnics to make place. They do so by employing strategies of place making, place marking, and place marketing. The findings point to the importance of using place as a focal point of social analysis and understanding how people make place

Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Making-of · Participant observation · Place identity · Place making · Population · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces

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