Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States

Index

Italicized page numbers refer to figures and tables. Bolded page numbers indicate authors of selections. ABC (album), 139, 146–147, 153–154n44 ABC settlement, 180–181, 189 Abela, Eduardo, 63 accordion, 15, 109–111, 116, 118, 123 acculturation, 6, 87–88n5, 130 Acquaye, Saka, 43 Adams, Ansel, 12, 161, 275n4 Afghanistan, 92, 105 African American Museum (Philadelphia), 45 African Americans, 15–16, 20; African roots of, 43–44; and Arab Americans, 82, 84–87; and Central American immigrants, 178; and Cuban Americans, 53, 66–67, 70; and GenerAsians, 127, 135, 137, 154n46; and Haitian Americans, 242, 246; and immigrant communities in Philadelphia, 24–26, 27, 28, 40, 42–46, 51nn12–14, 91; and Jin Au-Yeung, 139–144, 146–147, 153nn32,38; and mariachi/norteño music in Chelsea (Mass.), 109, 120–121, 124; and South Asian youth, 92, 96, 99–101, 103–104, 107–108nn2–3; and Vietnamese Americans, 205–207, 213nn9–10 African Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA), 44, 51n13 African Diaspora, 43–44, 51n13, 140 African immigrants, 15; in Philadelphia, 25, 35, 40, 42–45, 51n13; and South Asian youth, 101 Africanists, 43–45 Afro-American Dance Ensemble, 43 Afro-Cuban culture, 43, 61–65, 240, 247–248n6 agricultural laborers. See farm workers Aguirre, José Antonio, 168, 170 Ahmed, Ahmed, 86 AIDS, 12, 246 Akram, Susan, 76 Alexander, Meena, 194 Alfredo, Carlos, 117 All about My Mother (film), 69 Almaraz, Carlos, 169 Almodóvar, Pedro, 69 Alonso, Alicia, 58–60, 70 Alvarado, Pablo, 185–186 Álvarez-Guedes, Guillermo, 59 Ameri, Anan, 80–81 American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh, 180–181, 189 American Community Survey, 24 American Studies at a Moment of Danger (Lipsitz), 149–150n5 Amero, Emilio, 162–164 “Amor sin papeles” (song), 182–183 Anglo Americans, 61, 64, 66, 109, 124, 166. See also European Americans; whites anticommunism, 57–58, 199–201 Aqui: 27 Latin American Artists Living and Working in the United States (art exhibit), 169 Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.), 73, 80–82, 87 Arab Americans, 11–12, 14, 16, 18–20, 72–87, 87nn1–2; and comedy, 82, 86; in Dearborn (Mich.), 73, 76–78, 80–82, 87n4; in Detroit, 74, 79–80, 87–88nn2,5; and hip-hop culture, 17, 73, 82–85, 85, 87, 88n6; 277 Index Arab Americans (continued) representations of identity in arts, 72–73, 75–79, 80, 85, 87; South Asian youth as, 105 Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS, Dearborn, Mich.), 73, 77–79, 81 Arab-Israeli conflict, 72, 74–75, 77 Arceo, Rene, 172 Arias, Arturo, 178 Arias, Juan, 117 Arias, Patricia, 172 Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 240 Aristotle, 54 Arnaz, Desi, 10 Arpaio, Joe, 186 Arreguín, Alfredo, 173 Arreola, Candelaria, 225 art, facets of, 8–13; as bridge, 15–17; and cultural distinctions, 14–15; extension to New World, 9–10; as form of mobility, 11; as interpretation of New World, 9; as means of cultivating understanding/repairing stereotypes, 12; as means of incorporation by majority, 12–13; as mode of political action, 11–12; as source of comfort, 8; as window into immigrant experience, 21–22 artists’ collectives, 11, 29, 166, 173, 192 Artists in Exile exhibitions, 44 artworlds, 17–18, 178 Asian Americans, 7, 12, 14–15, 19, 141, 199; Asian American movement, 132–133, 135, 138, 148, 149n2; and AZN, 12, 133, 135–138, 141, 151n17, 152nn23,24,27; as GenerAsians, 19–20, 125–148, 149nn1,2,4, 150nn6,8,9, 151n16; and hip-hop culture, 14, 126–127, 131, 134–148, 152n27; and immigrant communities in Philadelphia, 24–26, 27, 28, 35, 45–47, 50n1, 51n14; and Jin Au-Yeung, 138–148, 153–154nn32,34,41,44; model minority status of, 12, 46, 128–129, 132, 138; and South Asian youth, 101, 107–108nn2–3; and Vietnamese Americans, 199, 205–206, 208, 211, 213n9; West Coast, 126–138, 150n10, 151n22 Asian Arts Initiative (AAI, Philadelphia), 46 assimilation, 2–4, 10, 14; and Arab Americans, 73, 84, 87–88n5; and GenerAsians, 129–130, 133; and immigrant communities in Philadelphia, 23, 46–47; segmented assimilation, 87–88n5, 100; and South Asian youth, 100; and Vietnamese Americans, 204–205, 213n9 audiences, 14, 19; and Arab Americans, 72, 75–76, 78, 81–84, 86–87; and Central American immigrants, 184, 187; and Cuban Americans, 58–59, 63, 69; and Cuban-owned radio stations, 58; engaged audiences, 17–18; and GenerAsians, 131–133; and immigrant communities in Philadelphia, 23, 45, 49; and mariachi/norteño music in Chelsea (Mass.), 11–12...