Cross-Cultural History and the Domestication of Otherness
Cross-Cultural History and the Domestication of Otherness

Author: M. Rozbicki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 113701282X

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This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides.

Mexican Exodus
Mexican Exodus

Author: Julia Grace Darling Young

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0190205008

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The book investigates the formation of the Cristero diaspora, a network of Mexican emigrants, exiles, and refugees across the United States who supported a Mexican Catholic uprising during the late 1920s. These emigrants had a profound and enduring impact on Mexican American community formation, political affiliations, and religious devotion.

Weaving Hope
Weaving Hope

Author: Janice Farnham

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1725276542

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Weaving Hope is a narrative history of one group of Catholic women religious in the United States. From Quebec, Canada, in 1877 the Religious of Jesus and Mary arrived as missionaries to teach children of French-Canadian immigrants in textile industries of New England. Their ministry spread to New York, Maryland, the South, and the West. Primarily educators, they directed academies and parish schools. In the South and Southwest, they added pastoral outreach to their educational ministry. With few resources, the sisters overcame diverse challenges to create a network of service from coast to coast. This book presents the challenges they faced from local hierarchy and clergy, as well as ethnic prejudices, language difficulties, classism, and financial insecurity. Their faith and bold courage are displayed in this vibrant tapestry of a small but significant piece of women's history in our nation.