Within the context of Churches of Christ in the southwestern United States, this study answers the question, "How do survival narratives contribute to the accumulation and transmission of capital across generations, and what do the differences between Latinx and white survival narratives expose about inequalities in evangelical social norms.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How to Make It Here
Chapter 1: Constructing the Survival Narrative
Chapter 2: The Hermeneutical Circle of Ethics as Qualitative Methodology
Chapter 3: Religion: "Everyone in the Car!"
Chapter 4: Identities: "Everyone Loves a Mirror"
Chapter 5: Education: "How to Make It Here"
Chapter 6: Mechanism beneath the Message
Conclusion: The Essential Narratives
