A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona

by Ernesto Castañeda

Book Overview

As immigrants settle in new places, they are faced with endless uncertainties that prevent them from feeling that they belong. From language barriers, to differing social norms, to legal boundaries separating them from established residents, they are constantly navigating shifting and contradictory expectations both to assimilate to their new culture and to honor their native one. In A Place to Call Home, Ernesto Casta eda offers a uniquely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503604780
• ISBN13: 9781503604780
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"