Lives in limbo : undocumented and coming of age in America /

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"Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In Lives in Limbo, Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gonzales, Roberto G., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
Children of noncitizens > Education > United States.
Children of noncitizens > United States > Social conditions.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Noncitizens.
Emigration and Immigration
Undocumented Immigrants
Enfants d'immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
Immigrants clandestins.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Noncitizens
Illegal immigration
Children of noncitizens > Education
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contested membership over time
  • Undocumented young adults in Los Angeles : the college goers and early exiters
  • Childhood : inclusion and belonging
  • School as a site of belonging and conflict
  • Adolescence : beginning transitions to illegality
  • Early exiters : learning to live on the margins
  • College-goers : managing the distance between aspirations and reality
  • Adulthood : how immigration status becomes a master status
  • Conclusion : managing lives in limbo.

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