Undocumented Migrants in the United States - Life Narratives and Self-Representations

This book explores how undocumented migrants in the United States have represented themselves in narrative form, entering the struggle for political self-representation by telling their own stories. This interdisciplinary exploration of migrant narratives will interest researchers across American Literary Studies, Citizenship, and Migr

List of contents

Introduction: Documenting the Undocumented Part 1: From Aliens to DREAMers 1. The Making of the "Illegal Alien" 2. A Pathway to Citizenship for "Illegal Aliens" Part 2: Life Narratives by Undocumented Migrants 3. The Beginnings of the Undocumented Movement: The First Congressional Testimonies 4. The Undocumented Movement Comes of Age: Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out 5. Unapologetic, Unafraid, Undocuqueer: Jose Antonio Vargas’ "Outlaw" Part 3: Life Writing by Undocumented Migrants 6. From DREAM Act to DACA, from Life Narrative to Life Writing: Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s Undocumented 7. Challenging How to Narrate Undocumentedness: José Ángel N.’s Illegal Concluding Remarks:
Undocumented in Trump’s America

About the author

Ina Batzke is Lecturer at the Chair of American Studies at Münster University, Germany, and Visiting Scholar at the Department of History at UC Santa Barbara, California, USA

Summary

This book explores how undocumented migrants in the United States have represented themselves in narrative form, entering the struggle for political self-representation by telling their own stories. This interdisciplinary exploration of migrant narratives will interest researchers across American Literary Studies, Citizenship, and Migr

Product details

• Authors: Ina Batzke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367666194
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66619-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship