Coming of age in Madrid : an oral history of unaccompanied Moroccan migrant minors / Susan Plann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plann, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unaccompanied immigrant children--Spain--Madrid.

Unaccompanied immigrant children.

Unaccompanied immigrant children--Spain--Madrid--Interviews.

Unaccompanied immigrant children--Spain--Social conditions--21st century.

Moroccans--Spain--Madrid--Interviews.

Moroccans.

Moroccans--Spain--Madrid--Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Social conditions.

Spain--Emigration and immigration.

Spain.

Spain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Morocco--Emigration and immigration.

Morocco.

Moroccans--Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Spain--Madrid.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xi, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Coming of Age in Madrid is a longitudinal study of twenty-seven Moroccan youth who migrated to Madrid as unaccompanied minors, passed their adolescence in the Spanish child-care system, and embarked on their lives as young adults; interviews were conducted over a period of six years in Spain and Morocco. The stories begin with narrators' lives in Morocco, contextualizing their migratory experience, then follows them - children traveling alone - as they across the Strait of Gibraltar and make their way to Madrid; the study also engages with those who were deported, crossing the Strait once again as they were returned to Morocco. Using qualitative interviews to capture narrators' accounts in their own words, this oral history examines their identity trans/formation, integration, and acculturation in Spain. Their individual voices and their collective wisdom contribute to an understanding of their experiences and by extension, that of unaccompanied child migrants everywhere, revealing larger lessons to be learned. Documenting their transition into adulthood, the book poses the crucial question, What becomes of unaccompanied migrant minors when they come of age? Unaccompanied minor migration is on the rise throughout the world, it is the new normal. As Spain and other nations grapple with increasing numbers of unaccompanied children on their borders, the importance of this study has immediate relevance for government policies and migration research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

About this Research p. 2

Moroccan Migration: A Historical Overview p. 6

Moroccan Emigration: The View from Morocco p. 8

Moroccan Immigration: The View from Spain p. 9

Part 1 Moroccan Boyhood

Chapter 2 Life before Migration p. 15

Chapter 3 A Culture of Leaving p. 25

Reasons for Leaving: Push p. 27

Reasons for Leaving: Pull p. 31

The Outliers p. 37

Chapter 4 Preparing to "Burn" p. 43

Parental Attitudes toward Minor Children's Migration p. 45

Living Arrangements p. 48

Breaching the Port p. 53

Chapter 5 Perils of the Port p. 57

A Primer on Unauthorized Emigration p. 58

Survival Lessons p. 61

Bereaved Families, Disappeared Children p. 71

Chapter 6 Departure p. 75

Try, Try Again p. 75

The Crossing p. 81

Toward a New Life p. 83

Part 2 MENAs in Madrid¹

Chapter 7 Arrival p. 87

In a Strange Land p. 87

Calling Home p. 91

The Un/Kindness of Strangers p. 93

The Police Station p. 98

The Age Assessment Test p. 99

Entering a Shelter, Leaving a Shelter p. 100

Welcome to Madrid p. 102

Choosing a Path p. 105

Chapter 8 The Crucible: Life in the Child Protection System p. 107

Residential Life p. 108

Practicing Islam p. 129

Learning Spanish, Going to School, Learning a Trade p. 130

Skirmishes with the Police p. 133

Repatriation p. 134

Part 3 From MENAs to Men

Chapter 9 Aging Out: Twenty is the New Thirty p. 143

Continuing Education p. 148

Encounters with the Law p. 149

Vakansya: The First Trip Home p. 154

Dreams Deferred, Dreams Come True p. 157

Looking to the Future p. 157

Chapter 10 Coming-of-Age Stories p. 161

Idris p. 161

Farid p. 164

Rayan p. 168

Samir p. 170

Walid p. 177

El-Habib p. 182

Part 4 Integration, Discrimination, Acculturation, Identity

Chapter 11 Negotiating Integration p. 191

Negotiating Social Relations p. 192

Negotiating Romance p. 198

Negotiating Marriage p. 204

Chapter 12 Navigating Prejudice p. 209

Navigating the Spaniards p. 209

Navigating the Moroccan Community in Spain p. 218

Navigating Public Language Use p. 219

Navigating the Metro p. 222

Chapter 13 Negotiating Acculturation, Negotiating p. 227

Negotiating Acculturation p. 230

Negotiating Gender Relations and Gender Roles p. 236

Negotiating Language p. 239

Negotiating Islam p. 245

Negotiating Identity p. 257

Chapter 14 Taking Stock p. 269

Worth It? p. 271

Advice to MENAs-in-Waiting p. 272

Clandestine Emigration from Morocco Today p. 275

Moroccan Child Migrants in Spain: Lessons Learned p. 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845199418

1845199413

OCLC:

1030906719