Religion and Culture of Origin. Re-Shaping Identity in the Integration Process
A Case Study in Sicily
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12875581 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorenzo Ferrante (0000-0002-1577-4442, University of Palermo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 126-147 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077 |
| Publisher | University of Lodz Press (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.18778/1733-8077.15.3.07 |
| OpenAlex | W3034509661 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
What happens when people of different cultures, values, religion live together? Sociological studies on immigrative phenomenon often swing between immigration and integration policies. These policies actually reveal the difficulty of the host society to institutionalize new models of social differences accompanying multiculturalism. Immigrants who “arrive” continue their life in a place where they do not passively participate in the passing of time, but become actors. Pressed by the hegemonic culture of the host society to adapt, do not cease to practice their religious and origin cultural expressions, often in conditions of urban spatial and social marginalization, they resist assimilation with ethnic persistence strategies. Considering the impact of religion and origin cultural values on expression of differences, it is important to consider their role in the integration process. And, above all—facilitate or hinder integration? These dynamics have been analyzed in a research study on immigrants’ integration process in Palermo. The main results are presented in this paper. In this case study, the research’s data hypothesizes a theoretical model of integration in which immigrants, free to express their religious and cultural differences, tend to reduce their perception of minority
Aesthetics · Cultural assimilation · Cultural identity · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Hegemony · Identity (music · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Perception · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Social integration · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Religion And Modernization
The Multiculturalism Backlash
Assimilation in American life
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Muslims in the Enlarged Europe
Immigrant America
Retheorizing Adaptation
Matachines in the Midwest
Domestic work, family life, and immigration in Sicily
Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration
A Cross-Atlantic Dialogue
Calling upon the Sacred
The New Second Generation
You Know, Abraham Was Really the First Immigrant
The Role of Religion in the Origins and Adaptation of Immigrant Groups in the United States
Transformations in New Immigrant Religions and Their Global Implications
Immigrant Youth and Urban Riots
Contested Accommodation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |