After the Exodus
The New Catholics in Boston's Old Ethnic Neighborhoods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4517596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Regine O Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-212 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rac.2007.17.2.191 |
| OpenAlex | W1986632572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article contributes to the growing body of work on the impact of religious institutions on the identities and experiences of new immigrants from the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia. Drawing from ethnographic research on Haitian immigrants in Boston, I find a relationship between initial residential settlement patterns and the location of Catholic churches. Following Gerald Gamm'sUrban Exodus: Why Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed, I argue that Haitian immigrants who arrived in Boston in the 1960s were attracted to certain neighborhoods despite the racial climate because they were Catholic. In addition to the influence of rules governing membership and religious authority, I show that Haitians turned to a Catholic narrative of their experience in Boston because being Catholic was the most acceptable way of being Haitian in that social context
Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethnology · Immigration · Latin Americans · Narrative · Political science · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Religion and the new immigrants
Essays and data on American ethnic groups
Parish Boundaries
Religious Identities and Religious Institutions
Assimilation in American life
Modernity at large
Ethnic America
Religion and the New Immigrants
Religion and Social Justice For Immigrants
Diasporic Citizenship
Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
Urban Exodus
Religion and Immigration in Comparative Perspective
Flight into Despair
Flight into Despair
Caribbean Immigration to the United States
A New Look At Ethnic Neighborhoods
Separatism and Subculture
Piety and Power
Gods of the city
Leaving the 'Hood
Perspectives on Pentecostalism
Our Lady of the Exile
What It Means to Be Christian
Pentecostalism in translation
Escaping Distressed Neighborhoods
The narrative constitution of identity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |