The Church as a Surrogate Family for Working Class Immigrant Chinese Youth: An Ethnography of Segmented Assimilation

Based on ethnographic data collected in a New York Chinatown church, this paper explores how ethnic socialization and upward assimilation work together, a primary theme of the segmented assimilation thesis, among working class immigrant Chinese youth who convert to Christianity. These youth are much...

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Main Author: Cao, Nanlai (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2005
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-200
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