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THE FIRE BETWEEN THEM: RELIGION & GENTRIFICATION IN ERNESTO QUIÑONEZ'S CHANGO'S FIRE.
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Centro Journal . Spring2011, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p176-195. 20p. 1 Black and White Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This essay addresses how religion and gentrification become interconnected for the Puerto Rican community in Ernesto Quiñonez's Chango's Fire. The move from Pentecostalism to Santeria for the protagonist Julio emphasizes an assertion of ethnic identity that the community of Spanish Harlem needs in order to interrogate the process of gentrification. Moreover, an analysis of the religious discourses in this novel exposes economic and social inequities and their critical impact on Spanish Harlem as well as demonstrates the significant connection between ethnic and religious identity for Latino/as. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GENTRIFICATION
*RELIGION
*RELIGIOUS identity
*ETHNICITY
*PUERTO Ricans
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15386279
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Centro Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 63190936