Sin Padres, Ni Papeles

Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States

Stephanie L Canizales (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

338 Seiten

2024
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39619-7 (ISBN)

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Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented migrations across Central America and Mexico to the United States in pursuit of a better future. Drawing on the firsthand narratives of migrant youth in Los Angeles, California, Stephanie L. Canizales shows that while a lucky few do find reprieve, many are met by resource-impoverished relatives who are unable to support them, exploitative jobs that are no match for the high cost of living, and individualistic social norms that render them independent and alone. Sin Padres, Ni Papeles illuminates how unaccompanied teens who grow up as undocumented low-wage workers navigate unthinkable material and emotional hardship, find the agency and hope that is required to survive, and discover what it means to be successful during the transition to adulthood in the United States.

Stephanie L. Canizales is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1 Departures
2 Arrivals
3 (Dis)orientation
4 Adaptation
5 Perdition
6 Success
Conclusion

Appendix A. Interview Participant Demographics
Appendix B. Methodological Reflections
Notes
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2024
Zusatzinfo	1 b-w figure, 2 tables
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-39619-7 / 0520396197
ISBN-13	978-0-520-39619-7 / 9780520396197
Zustand	Neuware