This text was originally published in 2008 by Judit Bokser Liwerant as a book chapter. The text was part of the book entitled Los retos de la laicidad y la secularización en el mundo contemporáneo coordinated by Roberto ...

This article explores the use of Madrid’s urban public space for the vindication of Catholic identity and agenda, in line with the Catholic moral project called New Evangelization proposed by Benedict XVI in 2010. To this ...

Spirits of the dead, beings of light, malignant entities and celestial messages have not lost their relevance in contemporary beliefs, among those for whom sensory experiences are interpreted as contacts with the supernatural ...

This article investigates the imbrications between migration and national identity, paying special attention to the way in which the family dimension of international migration is problematized under the integration paradigm. ...

This text presents the dossier Middle classes: recent historical and ethnographic contributions. The aim of this dossier is to present the renewed path taken by studies on the middle class carried out in the last twenty-five ...

The United States’ housing crisis and Great Recession of 2007-2009 ignited personal, political, and cultural reckoning with central facets of American identity, namely what it means to be middle class. Homeownership is ...

In recent decades, an important debate regarding the fragmentation of identities in contemporary society has emerged, involving intense discussions on issues such as individualism, gender roles or the return of nationalism. ...

This article analyzes the political dynamics of middle class claims of representativeness of the public interest in contemporary India. Drawing on research in the post-liberalization period, the article examines the ways ...