Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed - Public Policy, Aid, and Education (Hardcover)

Through the ethnography of a Catholic community in Northeast Brazil, Maya Mayblin offers a vivid and provocative rethink of gendered portrayals of Catholic life. For the residents of Santa Lucia, life is conceptualized as a series of moral tradeoffs between the sinful and productive world against an idealized state of innocence, conceived with reference to local Catholic teachings. As marriage marks the beginning of a productive life in the world, it also marks a phase in which moral personhood comes most actively-and poignantly-to the fore. This book offers lucid observations on how men and women as husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, negotiate this challenge. As well as making an important contribution to the ethnographic literature on morality, Christianity, and Latin America, the book offers a compelling alternative to received portrayals of gender polarity as symbolically all-encompassing, throughout the Catholic world.

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Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	G. Holton
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-62196-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-230-62196-1
Barcode:	9780230621961

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