Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras
This article looks at Palestinian immigrants in contemporary Honduras. It questions the general assumption that Palestinians have successfully assimilated into predominantly mestizo societies. It shows that the Palestinian community has maintained various features and references, such as their relig...
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| description | This article looks at Palestinian immigrants in contemporary Honduras. It questions the general assumption that Palestinians have successfully assimilated into predominantly mestizo societies. It shows that the Palestinian community has maintained various features and references, such as their religious affiliation and their activity in commerce and trade, that make them a culturally differentiated group. This article also explores why, against the recent backdrop of multiculturalism, the Palestinian immigrant community have not mobilized an ethnic identity in order to gain access to resources or demand collective recognition. Furthermore, it shows that Palestinian immigrants have benefitted from various macro and local political and economic factors and policies that contributed to the accumulation of different forms of capital throughout the 20th century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85fa4aed346c4aea8e8664901c4269bd2022-12-22T03:20:41ZengUniversidad de los AndesRevista de Estudios Sociales0123-885X1900-51802014-04-0148576810.7440/res48.2014.05Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in HondurasLirio Gutiérrez0Centre of Area Studies, Free University Berlin, AlemaniaThis article looks at Palestinian immigrants in contemporary Honduras. It questions the general assumption that Palestinians have successfully assimilated into predominantly mestizo societies. It shows that the Palestinian community has maintained various features and references, such as their religious affiliation and their activity in commerce and trade, that make them a culturally differentiated group. This article also explores why, against the recent backdrop of multiculturalism, the Palestinian immigrant community have not mobilized an ethnic identity in order to gain access to resources or demand collective recognition. Furthermore, it shows that Palestinian immigrants have benefitted from various macro and local political and economic factors and policies that contributed to the accumulation of different forms of capital throughout the 20th century.http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/891/index.php?id=891Palestinian immigrationsocial mobility of immigrantsHonduras |
| spellingShingle | Lirio Gutiérrez Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras Revista de Estudios Sociales Palestinian immigration social mobility of immigrants Honduras |
| title | Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras |
| title_full | Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras |
| title_fullStr | Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras |
| title_short | Assimilation or Cultural Difference? Palestinian Migrants in Honduras |
| title_sort | assimilation or cultural difference palestinian migrants in honduras |
| topic | Palestinian immigration social mobility of immigrants Honduras |
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