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Atelier : ethnographic inquiry in the twenty-first century ; 15 |
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Atelier (Oakland, Calif.) ; 15.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Life at the center -- Building the brand : migrants and Roman catholic charity -- Life in Purgatorial spaces : Haitian migrants between church, state, and law -- Memory palace I : the birth of the center -- Corporate secrets -- Corporate schisms : life and death between church, state, and law -- Memory palace II : everyday life and death at the center -- Inscribing and incorporating life -- Bureaucratic disenchantments and wounds of charity. |
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"For years the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, and the Haitian Multi-Service Center in Boston have helped Haitian refugees and immigrants attain economic independence, health, security, and citizenship in the United States. In Life at the Center,Erica Caple James traces this aid work and discovers at its heart a fundamental paradox, arising from what she calls "corporate Catholicism": social assistance produces and reproduces structural inequalities between providers and recipients, which can deepen aid recipients' dependence and lead to resistance to organized benevolence. James documents how institutional financial deficits harmed clients and providers, yet also how modes of philanthropy that previously caused harm can be redeployed to repair damage and rebuild "charitable brands." The culmination of over a decade of advocacy and research on behalf of the Haitians of Boston, this groundbreaking work exposes how Catholic corporations strengthened-but also eroded-Haitians' civic power"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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Catholic Church -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charities.
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Église catholique -- Œuvres de bienfaisance.
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Catholic Church
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Church work with immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Haitian Americans -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Equality -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Catholic institutions -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Church charities -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Pastorale des immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Américains d'origine haïtienne -- Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Institutions catholiques -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Église -- Œuvres de bienfaisance -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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Catholic institutions
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Charities
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Church charities
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Church work with immigrants
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Equality
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Massachusetts -- Boston
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| Other Form: |
Print version: James, Erica Caple, 1966- Life at the center Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024] 9780520400542 (DLC) 2023043504 |
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9780520400559 (ebook) |
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0520400550 |
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9780520400542 (paperback) |
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