Youth Held at the Border Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion

Name: Youth Held at the Border Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion
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ISBN: 9780807753897

ISBN-10: 0807753890

ISBN-13: 9780807753897

Edition: 2013

Authors: Lisa (Leigh) Patel, Michelle Fine, Michelle Fine

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Illegal. Undocumented. Remedial. DREAMers. All of these labels have been applied to immigrant youth. Using a combination of engaging narrative and rigorous analysis, this book explores how immigrant youth are included in, and excluded from, various sectors of American society, including education. Instead of the land of opportunity, immigrant youth often encounter myriad new borders long after their physical journey to the U.S. is over. With an intimate storytelling style, the author invites readers to rethink assumptions about immigrant youth and what their often liminal positions reveal about the politics of inclusion in America.This book features: engaging case studies that capture the…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 1/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Michelle Fine is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center in New York.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Wana: Wigs, Husbands, and Documentation



Lina and Schooling



Double Consciousness



The Single Story of Adolescence



Lost in Translation



There's Learning and Then There's Schooling



There's a New Sheriff in Town



You Must Be This Tall to Ride



The Devil You Know



Measures of Adulthood



Black Market, White Market



Rethinking Contact Zones


Afterword


References


Index


About the Author