Resumen de Suburbia reimagined: Asian immigration and the form and function of faith-based institutions in Silicon Valley
Rapid immigration has caused dramatic social and spatial reconfigurations of American suburbs. This study examines how Asian immigrants reshaped the form and function of one Silicon Valley suburb through the building of faith-based institutions. It shows how immigrant faith-based institutions challenge scholarly understandings of suburbia as space of immigrant assimilation, and instead underscore their role in facilitating immigrant integration, community building and place-making. These institutions connect immigrants with social services and networks that help them adapt to new communities, promote intra- and interfaith alliances among diverse ethnic and national groups, and help immigrants stay connected with their countries of origin.
