| Navigating Borders: Critical Race Theory Research and Counter History of Undocumented Americans Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Castro-Salazar, Ricardo (Author), Bagley, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433112620 ISBN-13: 9781433112621 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $170.72 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 973.046 |
| LCCN: 2011030849 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 267 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book has won the 2014 Qualitative Book Award In the context of debates about U.S. immigration, this book gives a voice to undocumented Americans of Mexican origin - specifically, involuntary immigrants born in Mexico but brought to the United States by their parents as minors. They are indistinguishable from other Americans, yet in the media and their everyday lives they encounter racism, discrimination, ostracism, and castigation on a regular basis. This book is about their stories and how, against the odds, they offer resistance as they navigate across ideological, historical, socio-economic, institutional and educational borders, in an effort to carve out a life in U.S. society. In constructing an evocative and powerful counter-narrative the authors show how they ultimately worked with artists of Mexican origin and community organizations to bring the undocumented issue to performative and political life. |