Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants: Seen but Not Heard: Carlos Aguilar: Lexington Books

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants

Seen but Not Heard

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants

Seen but Not Heard

Description

As societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants: Seen but Not Heard addresses this lapse by presenting analyses of child refugees and migrants. This comprehensive overview considers the challenges facing young migrants and refugees through richly varied academic perspectives that integrate communication, media studies, journalism, sociology, criminology, cultural studies, international relations, and public policy. Employing diverse theoretical and methodological lenses, this collection addresses the sociopolitical and cultural exigencies prompted by child migrants and refugees, engaging a range of academic and policy discussions. Relevant to scholars and policymakers alike, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants is an integral and foundational text to explore this relatively unchartered region of immigration research.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface: Sustaining the Fleeting Public Image of the Child Migrant
Otto Santa Ana
Introduction: The Child Migrant in Interdisciplinary Context
Mary Grace Antony and Ryan J. Thomas

I—Representations
Chapter 1—Passive Aggression: Visualizing the Affect of Child Migration
Alexa M. Dare
Chapter 2—Containing the Power of Child Migrant Imagery, the Domestication of Alan Kurdi’s Public Memories, and the Securitization of the EU's Migrant “Crisis”
Marouf Arif Hasian and Stephanie Marek Muller
Chapter 3—Discourses of Compassion? British Newspapers and the Alan Kurdi Image
Ryan J. Thomas, Kimberly Kelling, J. David Wolfgang, and Keith Greenwood

II—Perspectives
Chapter 4—Family, Identity, and Home: Retrospective Narratives of Child Immigrants
Linda D. Manning and Heather L. Bridges
Chapter 5—Indefinite Detention: Unaccompanied Children at the Southwest Border
Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman
Chapter 6—“About a Thousand Students Were Killed:” Unpacking 1988 Uprising Survivor Narratives
M. Gail Hickey

III—Resettlement
Chapter 7—Examining Predictive Factors of Positive Child Migration Reception
Tara Suwinyattichaiporn and Zac D. Johnson
Chapter 8—From DREAMers to DACAdemics: A la Escuela sin Pasaporte
Carlos Aguilar, Raquel R. Marquez and Harriett D. Romo
Chapter 9—Not the Last Resort: Variation in the Practice of Detention of Unaccompanied Minors across the European Union
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Iuliia Kononenko
Chapter 10—Where Do We Go from Here? Recommendations to Facilitate the Cultural Adaptation of Child Migrants
Mary Grace Antony

Conclusion: Looking Forward
Ryan J. Thomas and Mary Grace Antony
About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

Published	Dec 20 2017
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	264
ISBN	9781498549707
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	2 BW Illustrations, 4 Graphs, 4 Tables
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

The literature on child migrants is substantial and this book delivers it in a very interesting and compelling style. The conceptual overview is followed by an interesting review of photo and print journalism to underscore the impact of media on public opinion, and hence on policy and social acceptance. This book presents a story from a broad perspective, and the chapters combine well to present a view of the child migrant in context.

Uma Segal, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Compassionate and incisive—Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants: Seen but Not Heard—sheds unique international perspectives on child migrants. Readers will gain unique insights and be inspired to an informed call for action.

Carola Suárez-Orozco, University of California, Los Angeles