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From Africa to America

Religion and Adaptation Among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York [Hardback]

by Moses O. Biney

    • Author

      Moses O. Biney

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      New York University Press

    • Published

      January 2011

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      From Africa to America

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      Product Description

      Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black". In the eyes of most Americans - and more so to American legal and social systems - African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin colour they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group, the difficult moral choices they have to make in order to survive, and the tensions that exist within their faith community. Most notably, through his compelling research Biney shows that such congregations are more than mere "ethnic enclaves", or safe havens from American social and cultural values.Rather, they help maintain the essential balance between cultural acclimation and ethnic preservation needed for these new citizens to flourish.

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      • Author

        Moses O. Biney

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        New York University Press

      • Published

        January 2011

      • Weight

        445g

      • Page Count

        240

      • Dimensions

        153 x 233 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9780814786390

      • ISBN-10

        0814786391

      • Eden Code

        3496254

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      • Author/Creator: Moses O. Biney

      • ISBN: 9780814786390

      • Publisher: New York University Press

      • Release Date: January 2011

      • Weight: 445g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 3496254

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