Growing Up Latinx (eBook)

Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship

Jesica Siham Fernández (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Nyu Press (Verlag)
978-1-4798-0123-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award of the Section on Children and Youth, given by the American Sociological AssociationFinalist for the 2021 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsLatinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America An estimated sixty million people in the United States are of Latinx descent, with youth under the age of eighteen making up two-thirds of this swiftly growing demographic. In Growing Up Latinx, Jesica Siham Fernandez explores the lives of Latinx youth as they grapple with their social and political identities from an early age, and pursue a sense of belonging in their schools and communities as they face an increasingly hostile political climate.Drawing on interviews with nine-to-twelve-year-olds, Fernandez gives us rare insight into how Latinx youth understand their own citizenship and bravely forge opportunities to be seen, to be heard, and to belong. With a compassionate eye, she shows us how they strive to identify, and ultimately redefine, what it means to come of age and fight for their rights in a country that does not always recognize them. Fernandez follows Latinx youth as they navigate family, school, community, and country ties, richly detailing their hopes and dreams as they begin to advocate for their right to be treated as citizens in full. Growing Up Latinx invites us to witness the inspiring power of young people as they develop and make heard their political voices, broadening our understanding of citizenship.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Perspectives on Youth
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Perspectives on Youth
• Zusatzinfo: 2 b/w illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Agency • belonging • character education • citizen education • citizen embodiment • Citizenship • Citizenship as a practice • Citizenship as a right • Citizenship as a status • civil rights movements • critical consciousness • Deportation • documentation • Education • family separation • hidden curriculum • Human Rights • Immigration • Latinx communities • Latinx youth • legality • Mixed-status families • nurturance rights • Participation • political engagement • Political participation • Protest • researcher reflexivity • rights • Schooling • self-determination rights • selfdetermination rights • Social identities • social rights • socioemotional awareness • sociopolitical citizenship • Sociopolitical development • student-citizens • student discipline • UN-CRC • undocumented • Voting • Youth development • youth participatory action research
• ISBN-10: 1-4798-0123-2 / 1479801232
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-0123-7 / 9781479801237