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Rethinking Transnationalism: Reconstructing National Identities among Peruvian Catholics in New Jersey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Larissa Ruiz Baía
Larissa Ruiz Baía*
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University of Florida
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Abstract

Transnationalism has made significant contributions to the study of immigration, but it has failed to recognize the importance of the multiethnic, multicultural context of host societies in the construction of immigrants’ identities. Two Peruvian Catholic religious brotherhoods in Paterson, New Jersey, illustrate individual and collective identities that transcend traditional notions of nationality through complex relations with Latino immigrants from other nations. Religion contributes to the articulation of a pan-Latino identity in the host society.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 41 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Religion in America: Churches, Globalization, and Democratization , Winter 1999 , pp. 93 - 109
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Copyright © University of Miami 1999

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