Interdisciplinary perspectives on child migrants : seen but not heard / edited by Mary Grace Antony and Ryan J. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Antony, Mary Grace, editor.

Thomas, Ryan J., 1983- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrant children.

Immigrant children--Social conditions.

Immigrant children--Economic aspects.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxv, 237 pages : illustrations, graphs, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Contents:

(from table of contents) 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

Part I. Representations. 1. Passive aggression: visualizing the affect of child migration / Alexa M. Dare

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

3. Discourses of compassion? British newspapers and the Alan Kurdi image / Ryan J. Thomas, Kimberly Kelling, J. David Wolfgang, and Keith Greenwood

Part II. Perspectives. 4. Family, identity, and home: retrospective narratives of child immigrants / Linda D. Manning and Heather L. Bridges

5. Indefinite detention: unaccompanied children at the Southwest border / Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman

6. "About a thousand students were killed:" Unpacking 1988 uprising survivor narratives / M. Gail Hickey

Part III. Resettlement. 7. Examining predictive factors of positive child migrant reception / Tara Suwinyattichaiporn and Zac D. Johnson

8. From DREAMers to DACAdemics: A la escuela sin pasaporte / Carlos Aguilar, Raquel R. Marquez and Harriett D. Romo

9. Not the last resort: Variation in the practice of detention of unaccompanied minors across the European Union / Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Iuliia Kononenko

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498549707

1498549705

OCLC:

1021068049