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Undocumented Storytellers - Narrating the Immigrant Rights Movement

English · Paperback / Softback

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Undocumented Storytellers offers a critical exploration of the ways undocumented immigrants harness the power of storytelling as a means of self-actualization, to mitigate the fear and uncertainty of life without legal status, and to advocate for immigration reform.

List of contents










  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1: Inside Story

  • Chapter 2: Learning the Story for Myself: Growing Up Undocumented

  • Chapter 3: Taking Back the Microphone: Reclaiming the Story and Finding the Frame

  • Chapter 4: The Search for Connection Online

  • Chapter 5: In Pursuit of an Audience

  • Conclusion



About the author

Sarah C. Bishop is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, with affiliations in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College. She is the author of the award-winning book U.S. Media and Migration: Refugee Oral Histories (Routledge, 2016).

Summary

Undocumented Storytellers offers a critical exploration of the ways undocumented immigrants harness the power of storytelling as a means of self-actualization, to mitigate the fear and uncertainty of life without legal status, and to advocate for immigration reform.

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With a keen sense of narrative detail, Sarah Bishop offers a powerful account of the lives of young immigrant activists. Undocumented Storytellers is a compelling contribution to the study of contemporary migration in the United States.

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