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In Loco Emporium: Immigrant Youth and Educators in the Social Contracts of Education
Author(s) -
‘Leigh’ Patel Lisa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12032
Subject(s) - immigration , enforcement , sociology , politics , sovereignty , law , state (computer science) , ethnography , political science , criminology , pedagogy , algorithm , computer science , anthropology
For adults training to be professional educators, the phrase, in loco parentis , communicates the intention that schools and educators are meant to act in the role of the parent, commonly interpreted to mean acting in accordance with what is optimal for the development of the child or young person. The limits of this relationship have been debated under legal interpretations pursuant to elements, such as protection of private property and punishing hate speech. In this article, I draw attention to the ways in which schools in the USA have acted as extensions of state designs to establish and maintain sovereignty, with schooling as a primary site of political economy. In particular, I explore the ways in which immigrant youth are positioned in schools that are meant to act in loco emporium , in the place of the empire. Drawing on policy analysis and critical race ethnography, I provide analysis that is both from above and below about immigrant youth, education, and immigration policy enforcement.