Intimacy Across Borders: Race, Religion, and Migration in the U.S. Midwest

by Jane Juffer

Book Overview

Examining how encounters produced by migration lead to intimacies, ranging from sexual, spiritual, and neighbourly to hateful and violent, Jane Juffer considers the significant changes that have occurred in small towns following an influx of Latinos to the Midwest. Intimacy across Borders situates the story of the Dutch Reformed Church in Iowa and South Africa within a larger analysis of race, religion, and globalization. Drawing on personal narrative,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439910537
• ISBN13: 9781439910535
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.2"