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Gathering together: The role of church in Jamaica in developing and maintaining migrant social networks.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Gathering together: The role of church in Jamaica in developing and maintaining migrant social networks./
Author:	Schwander, Lissa Marie.
Description:	149 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-08A(E).
Subject:	Sociology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3619271
ISBN:	9781303880988

Gathering together: The role of church in Jamaica in developing and maintaining migrant social networks.
Schwander, Lissa Marie.

Gathering together: The role of church in Jamaica in developing and maintaining migrant social networks. - 149 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

A culture of migration permeates the Jamaican landscape. This is true in the interpersonal relationships that exist within families and between friends and kin and also in the structures and systems that surround individuals and families in Jamaica. Beginning with the transport of slaves into the West Indies and continuing today, movement across borders has been a part of life in Jamaica. This dissertation examines the relationships that exist between those who migrate and those who stay behind, with specific attention paid to those who remain in the home country and the ways that they are supported by their local church. This work examines the connection between the church, the family and migration in Jamaica. Evidence gathered through in-depth interviews and participant observation was analyzed in order to better understand the role of the church in supporting or constraining migration in Jamaica. Specifically, I examined whether or not desire to migrate is a factor for individuals and families as they choose a church home. Beyond church choice, I considered the role the church plays in the lives of the participants and those observed including the programs and services offered at the three churches in the study, how class, gender, and age influence participation in the family, church and migration processes, and the culture of migration in Jamaica.

ISBN: 9781303880988Subjects--Topical Terms:

516174
Sociology.

Gathering together: The role of church in Jamaica in developing and maintaining migrant social networks.
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520 $a A culture of migration permeates the Jamaican landscape. This is true in the interpersonal relationships that exist within families and between friends and kin and also in the structures and systems that surround individuals and families in Jamaica. Beginning with the transport of slaves into the West Indies and continuing today, movement across borders has been a part of life in Jamaica. This dissertation examines the relationships that exist between those who migrate and those who stay behind, with specific attention paid to those who remain in the home country and the ways that they are supported by their local church. This work examines the connection between the church, the family and migration in Jamaica. Evidence gathered through in-depth interviews and participant observation was analyzed in order to better understand the role of the church in supporting or constraining migration in Jamaica. Specifically, I examined whether or not desire to migrate is a factor for individuals and families as they choose a church home. Beyond church choice, I considered the role the church plays in the lives of the participants and those observed including the programs and services offered at the three churches in the study, how class, gender, and age influence participation in the family, church and migration processes, and the culture of migration in Jamaica.
520 $a Through in-depth interviews and participant observation the following questions were explored: 1. Do individuals and families choose church in order to connect to social networks that will aid in migration processes? 2. In what ways do North Street United Church, Meadowbrook United and Swallowfield Chapel, all in Kingston, Jamaica, support or constrain migration of their members? 3. What is the relationship between family, church and migration? 4. What role does class status play with regard to church choice and migration? 5. How are social networks formed and utilized in church and do these networks support or constrain migration?
520 $a Results of the study find, that regardless of reasons for church choice, the local church does plays a role in supporting individuals and families involved in migration processes, particularly those who remain in the home country. This support happens through the programs and services offered at the local level to individuals and families who are members at these churches, regular attenders as well as community members seeking help and assistance. Results also support the existence of a culture of migration in Jamaica whereby "the aspiration to migrate is transmitted across generations and between people through social networks" (Kandel and Massey, 2002, p. 981). Results suggest that migration will continue to be influential in Jamaican society. Migration influences individuals and families who are directly involved these processes as well as those indirectly involved via support networks that are developed within families and churches.
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