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The saints of Santa Ana, faith and ethnicity in a Mexican majority city, Jonathan E. Calvillo

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The saints of Santa Ana

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Jonathan E. Calvillo

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faith and ethnicity in a Mexican majority city

To examine the intersection of religion and ethnicity among Mexican immigrants, this volume takes readers into the vibrant neighborhoods of central Santa Ana, California, a Mexican-majority metropolis with high rates of religious participation. Ethnic Mexicans have traditionally been characterized by their religiosity, and have historically been marked as ethno-racially distinct from the white majority. On the one hand, this volume investigates whether Mexican ethnicity is indeed a cohesive organizing principle that continues to mark Mexicans as distinct. On the other hand, the volume examines the mechanisms of religion that sustain or alter in-group understandings of ethnicity.--, Provided by publisher

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