The struggles of identity, education, and agency in the lives of undocumented students : the burden of hyperdocumentation

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    • Chang, Aurora
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The struggles of identity, education, and agency in the lives of undocumented students : the burden of hyperdocumentation

Aurora Chang

Palgrave Macmillan, c2018

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book weaves together two distinct and powerfully related sources of knowledge: the author's journey and transition from a once undocumented immigrant from Guatemala to a hyperdocumented academic, and five years of on-going national research on the identity, education, and agency of undocumented college students. In interlacing both personal experiences with findings from her empirical qualitative research, Chang explores practical and theoretical pedagogical, curricular, and policy-related discussions around issues that impact undocumented immigrants while provide compelling rich narrative vignettes. Collectively, these findings support the argument that undocumented students can cultivate an empowering self-identity by performing the role of infallible cultural citizen.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Undocumented to Hyperdocumented - A Jornada of Papers, Protection, and PhD Status 3. Privileged and Undocumented: Toward a Borderland Love Ethic 4. Undocumented Intelligence: Laying Low by Achieving High-An "Illegal Alien's" Co-Option of School and Citizenship 5. Figured Worlds and American Dreams: An Exploration of Agency and Identity Among Undocumented Students 6. Doing Good and Doing Damage: Educators' Impact on Undocumented Latinx Students' Lives 7. Working with Undocumented Students - What They Say We Need to Know 8. Academic Agency and the Burden of Perfectionism

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  • NCID
    BB27474142
  • ISBN
    • 9783319646138
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 135 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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