Author Archives: Jeffrey Chen

The final chapter of God in Chinatown is titled “Safe Harbor.” As the title suggests, the chapter provides five conclusions on religious Fuzhounese immigrants and their religious communities and how these interactions aided in “survival” by acting as a haven … Continue reading →

Notes I took down while we were at the Muslim Center of NY. People come everyday. Students come after school to learn about the Quran Majority of the people are from the South Continent, which includes India, Pakistan. Some Europeans … Continue reading →

In this chapter we delve deeper into the religious communities of New York City, focusing particularly on religious institutions that are identified as Chinese. The study that was mentioned consists of eighty-four religious institutions, of which fifty-nine were identified as … Continue reading →

In retrospect it is somewhat easy to understand China’s dismal opinions toward foreigners and how it has manifested itself in the limitations of religious practices pre 1949. By studying the change and continuity of Chinese policies and observing China’s response … Continue reading →

The chapter on transnational ties provides insight on how international migrants maintain ongoing ties with their communities of origin as well as their diasporic communities. International migrants differ from immigrants in which they do not necessarily have to remain in … Continue reading →

Susan Slyomovics “New York City’s Muslim World Parade” is an investigation of the relationship between a street drama and the social context in which it is performed (158). As the title implies she is focusing primarily on the Muslim World … Continue reading →

If everyone in the world were related we would be a dysfunctional family. We would quarrel over our differences and fight over the most trivial things. It seems that we will never see the similarities among one another. But what … Continue reading →

Ethnographic studies that preside over Flushing are intrinsically tied to the population. A population that is predominantly Asian. Through the context of Weishan Huang’s “The Making Of A Promised Land” we will be focusing particularly on Chinese immigrants from China, … Continue reading →