Is Little Saigon Center and Stockholm Periphery?
Concurrent Session A1 / Bauer South, Room 25 / Friday.2009.Aug.7 / 9:45 AM Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen, University of California, San Diego: vietamproj@gmail.com Catholicism has taken different shapes and directions in the Vietnamese Diasporas, particularly owing to conditions in the site of resettlement, the level of Vietnamese immigrant concentration, and the faith life in the local society. But why the U.S. and Sweden, one allegedly religious-based and theother non-religious? By bringing together the two sites that are ostensibly opposing, I show that the faith formation that Catholic Vietnamese experienced at home plays a key role in how they suture and further their faith practicesin the diasporas. In particular, I look at how the liturgy and prayers are both continued and renewed in these two sites. One instance is the revision in the congregation’s responses during mass, which is implemented in Little Saigon but not in Stockholm. While several reasons contribute to this gap, one
