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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789012003321

Autore

Vukelich-Selva Donna <1958->

Titolo

Immigrant children negotiate school : the border in our hearts / / Donna Vukelich-Selva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, Texas : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-59332-751-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society

Disciplina

371.829/68073

Soggetti

Latin Americans - Education - United States

Latin American students - United States - Social conditions

Immigrant children - Education - United States

Immigrant children - United States - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: School and the Borderlands; Chapter 1: Untangling Many Threads; Chapter 2: Room 134 and the Shadowlands; Chapter 3: Remapping Race at Prairie Heights; Chapter 4: Borderlines and Border Crossings: Belonging and LegalStatus at School; Chapter 5: Gatekeepers, Language and Lost Opportunity at PrairieHeights; Chapter 6: A Changing Landscape; Where Are They Now?; References; Index