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The Making of Mexican Migrant Youth Civic Identities: Transnational Spaces and Imaginaries
Author(s) -
DeJaeghere Joan G.,
McCleary Kate S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2010.01085.x
Subject(s) - transnationalism , immigration , sociology , gender studies , negotiation , identity (music) , vulnerability (computing) , civic engagement , political science , politics , social science , law , physics , computer security , acoustics , computer science
This article examines how Mexican youth's civic identities are being made in school and community settings in relation to discourses and practices of immigration. Taking a transnational approach, we argue that Mexican youth civic identities are an embodiment of security and fear, freedom and vulnerability. The discourse and practices of immigration essentialize their identities racially, while the youth seek to negotiate and create alternative identities. [civic identities, transnationalism, immigration, Mexican youth]