Toward a transnationalism of the Middle: How transnational religious practices help bridge the divides between Cuba and Miami

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-146

  Mahler, Sarah J ^a   Hansing, Katrin ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RELIGION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; MIAMI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344302358     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X04271874     Document Type: Article

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