As immigrants settle in new places, they are faced with endless
uncertainties that prevent them from feeling that they belong. From
language barriers, to differing social norms, to legal boundaries
separating them from established residents, they are constantly
navigating shifting and contradictory expectations both to
assimilate to their new culture and to honor their native one. In A
Place to Call Home, Ernesto Castaneda offers a uniquely comparative
portrait of immigrant expectations and experiences. Drawing on
fourteen years of ethnographic observation and hundreds of
interviews with documented and undocumented immigrants and their
children, Castaneda sets out to determine how different locations
can aid or disrupt the process of immigrant integration. Focusing
on New York City, Paris, and Barcelona-immigration hubs in their
respective countries-he compares the experiences of both Latino and
North African migrants, and finds that subjective understandings,
local contexts, national and regional history, and religious
institutions are all factors that profoundly impact the personal
journey to belonging.
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