Creating transregional collective nostalgia: the organising role of Catholic parishes among Louisiana migrants in Great Migration-era Los Angeles

Scholarship on the African American Great Migration insufficiently examines the interactional, emotional, religious, ethno-regional, and generational diversity of migrant experiences. This study applies insights from the transnational migration literature to illuminate complexities of Black internal migration and incorporation during this era. Using data from 47 in-depth interviews with first- and second-generation Louisianans who arrived in Los Angeles between 1931 and 1973, the article elucidates the distinctive organising role that local Catholic religious institutions played in creating and reinforcing transregional collective nostalgia and a sense of ‘being from’ Louisiana during resettlement. First, within the Black migrant concentration in Los Angeles, Louisiana migrants created an enclave in which Catholic parishes were used to geographically organise the city. Second, parishes organised social life and reinforced the migrant community by stimulating co-migrant contact, Louisiana-centred interaction, and support for adaptation. Finally, migrants shaped how parishes functioned by incorporating elements of Louisiana-based practices into Los Angeles routines, thereby preserving continuity between two places in both practical and nostalgic terms.     

Social Network Typologies of Black and White Married Couples in Midlife

Although research shows that conjoint social networks are associated with well‐being among newlyweds, little is known about how these network types are linked to marital quality and psychological well‐being for long‐term married couples and about potential race differences in their configurations and associations. Using a pattern‐centered approach to examine the social networks of 91 White and 62 Black couples in their 16th year of marriage, this study revealed four couple network types (friend‐focused, wife family‐focused, bilateral family‐focused, and diverse). Results suggested that spouses in the wife family‐focused network type (characterized by above‐average contact with the wife's family and below average contact with the husband's family and with nonkin) reported the lowest positive marital quality and highest negative marital quality. The association of network type with negative marital quality was also moderated by gender and race. The findings highlight the importance of considering the meaningful complexity within couples' shared networks.     

‘The Mexican’ and ‘The Cancer in the South’: Discourses of Race,Nation and Anti-blackness in Early Twentieth-Century Debates on Mexican Immigration

This article explores the flexible manner in which discourses of anti-black racism were employed within congressional debates on the proposed restriction of Mexican immigration at the end of the 1920s. I examine how both sides of this debate placed Mexicans within a particular historical narrative of race and nation, positioned in relation to a range of other populations, including Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Native Americans, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans. Within these narratives, slavery and the imagined negro problem were particularly salient, being frequently used to orient racial interpretations of Mexican immigrants as well as the manner in which they were positioned in relation to other ‘racial elements’. Imprinted with US histories of slavery, conquest and empire, these discourses offer insight into the ambivalent interrelationships of American’s multiple trajectories of racism.     

Caring for Individuals with Chronic Illness and Minor Depression: Latino Perceptions of Caregiver Burden

ABSTRACT

Informal caregiving can be fundamental to disease management. Yet, the psychosocial, physical, and financial burden experienced by caregivers can be significant. In the US, Latinos experience increasing rates of chronic conditions, the highest uninsured rates in the country, and a growing dependence on informal caregivers. This article explores the impact of caregiving on caregivers of individuals with comorbid chronic disease and depression. Findings highlight the impact of caregiving on financial insecurity, balancing competing demands, increased emotional distress, and community supports. Findings support the inclusion of caregivers in disease management programs to enhance psychosocial outcomes for both caregivers and their patients.     

印度尼西亚政治伊斯兰的发展及其与穆斯林国家的关系

印度尼西亚是世界上最大的穆斯林国家,因此,在发展与穆斯林国家间的关系时,不但有国家利益的因素影响,还受到国内政治伊斯兰发展的影响。印尼独立后建立起世俗国家而不是宗教国家,苏加诺和苏哈托时期都限制伊斯兰对政府外交事物的影响。民主改革之后,政治伊斯兰恢复了发展活力,对印尼与穆斯林国家间关系的影响也日益加深。因此,印尼与伊斯兰会议组织以及中东地区穆斯林国家间的关系也从之前的"不积极"转为"积极"。     

西藏昌都伊斯兰教的传承与发展调查

昌都位于西藏自治区的东大门,是康巴文化的中心.300年前,昌都就有穆斯林繁衍生息,虽然他们屡遭劫难,但伊斯兰文化薪火传承,未曾断绝.时至今日,昌都穆斯林焕发出前所未有的生机与活力,构成了昌都多元文化的一道风景线.本文首次全方位向读者介绍昌都穆斯林的来源与现状,为相关研究人员提供了一份较为翔实的资料,填补了中国伊斯兰教研究的一段空白.     

浅析埃及穆斯林兄弟会及其与政府的关系

穆斯林兄弟会自1928年创立至今已走过将近80年的历程,现已发展为埃及建立最早、规模最大、社会影响最为深远的宗教、政治、社会组织,并在埃及的政治舞台上扮演最强的反对派角色。穆斯林兄弟会自产生之日起就成为埃及历届政府不可小视的社会力量,其发展演变对埃及社会政治的影响尤为深远。     

外来穆斯林的城市适应状况——来自厦门市外来少数民族城市适应的调查报告

本文试图以群体适应为分析视角,在厦门市外来少数民族城市适应的田野调查基础上,展现出西北穆斯林在厦门的生存现状与发展,及其所遭遇的适应难题,并针对所产生的与外来少数民族有关的社会问题提出建设的、切实可行的对策与建议,以供政府部门在制定城市民族政策时作为决策的咨询依据。     

Asian American ethnic identification by surname

Few data sources include ethnicity-levelclassification for Asian Americans. However, it isoften more informative to study the ethnic groupsseparately than to use an aggregate Asian Americancategory, because of differences in immigrationhistory, socioeconomic status, health, and culture. Many types of records that include surnames of personsoffer the potential for inferential ethnicclassification. This paper describes the developmentof surname lists for six major Asian American ethnicgroups: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, AsianIndian, and Vietnamese. The lists were based on SocialSecurity Administration records that include countryof birth. After they were compiled, the lists wereevaluated using an independent file of census records.The surname lists have a variety of applications forresearchers: identification of individuals to targetfor study participation; inference of ethnicity indata sources lacking ethnic detail; andcharacterization of the ethnic composition of apopulation.