Personal and Cultural Trauma and the Ambivalent National Identities of Undocumented Young Adults in the USA

被引：12

作者：

Aranda, Elizabeth ^{[1
]}

Vaquera, Elizabeth ^{[1
]}

Sousa-Rodriguez, Isabel ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ S Florida, Sociol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA

[2] CUNY, Grad Ctr, Doctoral Programme Sociol, New York, NY USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES | 2015年 / 36卷 / 05期

关键词：

Migration; Migrants; Undocumented Migrants; Belonging; National Identity; Citizenship; Youth; Civic Participation; Ambivalence; Cultural Trauma;

D O I：

10.1080/07256868.2015.1072906

中图分类号：

C91 [社会学];

学科分类号：

030301 ; 1204 ;

摘要：

Using data from 41 in-depth interviews with undocumented young adults, we examine how they define what it means to be an American and explore whether and to what extent they identify as Americans'. Framing our analysis in theories of personal and cultural trauma, we illustrate how undocumented youth experience double-consciousness that compounds their approach to national identities. Respondents express ambivalence towards adopting an American identity, recognising their commitment to American cultural values, yet continuously feeling repelled by laws that position them as outsiders to US polity. In spite of this, undocumented youth contest their liminal status by working towards full participation in civil society. Their activities, actions, and levels of civic participation demonstrate that even though they are barred from US citizenship, they work towards embodying what they believe a true American should be.

引用

页码：600 / 619

页数：20

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