Becoming Transnational Youth Workers : Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of Survival and Social Mobility /

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Becoming Transnational Youth Workers contests mainstream notions of adolescence with its study of a previously under-documented cross-section of Mexican immigrant youth. Preceding the latest wave of Central American children and teenagers now fleeing violence in their homelands, Isabel Martinez exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Martinez, Isabel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Colección:Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
Temas:
Foreign workers > Mexico.
Foreign workers > United States.
Teenage immigrants > Mexico.
Teenage immigrants > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
immigrant, mexican immigrant, central america, homeland, migrant, teenage migrant, teenage immigrant, NYC, new york city, poverty, NAFTA, north american free trade agreement, free trade agreement, mexican teen, social mobility, economic inequality, inequality.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. In the Shadows of Skyscrapers and Ivory Towers
  • 2. "Giving My Family a Better Future": Familism and Interdependence across Borders
  • 3. "We All Come Young": The Migration of Mexican
  • 4. Pushed or Jumped? School Going, School Leaving, and School Returning
  • 5. From Campos to Kitchens: Becoming Immigrant Workers
  • 6. Between Becoming and Being Adults
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Considerations When Researching with Unauthorized and Independent Minors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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