Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
This is Chapter 6 of Emerging Perspectives on Children in Migratory Circumstances: Selected Proceedings of the Working Group on Childhood and Migration June 2008 Conference, published by Drexel University Department of Culture & Communication. Click for full-text.
Excerpt from the book abstract:
Most of the pieces provide in depth points of view from child migrant perspectives—data that is often difficult to obtain and portray sensitively. Child-centered data is exceptionally valuable in helping us to grasp the micro-forces by which childhood is changing through migration and how children experience or activate agency under trying conditions...Lauren Heidbrink [discusses] Spanish speakers in immigration detention in the U.S.
Recommended Citation
Heidbrink, Lauren, "Recasting the Agency of Unaccompanied Youth" (2013). Faculty Publications. 51.
https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/faculty_publications/51
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