Life at the Center
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Life at the Center

Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston

Erica Caple James

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Life at the Center

Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston

Erica Caple James

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In Life at the Center, Erica Caple James traces how faith-based and secular institutions in Boston have helped Haitian refugees and immigrants attain economic independence, health, security, and citizenship in the United States. Using the concept of "corporate Catholicism, " James documents several paradoxes of assistance arising among the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, and the Haitian Multi-Service Center: how social assistance produces and reproduces structural inequalities between providers and recipients; how these inequities may deepen aid recipients' dependence and lead to resistance to organized benevolence; how institutional financial deficits harmed clients and providers; and how the same modes of charity or philanthropy that previously caused harm can be redeployed to repair damage and rebuild "charitable brands." The culmination of more than a decade of advocacy and research on behalf of the Haitians in Boston, this groundbreaking work exposes how Catholic corporations have strengthenedā€”but also erodedā€”Haitians' civic power.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780520400559
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1. Life at the Center
  8. 2. Building the Brand: Migrants and Roman Catholic Charity
  9. 3. Life in Purgatorial Spaces: Haitian Migrants between Church, State, and Law
  10. 4. Memory Palace I: The Birth of the Center
  11. 5. Corporate Secrets
  12. 6. Corporate Schisms: Life and Death between Church, State, and Law
  13. 7. Memory Palace II: Everyday Life and Death at the Center
  14. 8. Inscribing and Incorporating Life
  15. 9. Bureaucratic Disenchantments and Wounds of Charity
  16. Notes
  17. References