LEADER 04825nam 2200697 450 001 9910453586503321 005 20210515001002.0 010 $a0-8135-6220-1 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813562209 035 $a(CKB)2550000001278106 035 $a(EBL)1677576 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001181555 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11639743 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181555 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11163180 035 $a(PQKB)10987684 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1677576 035 $a(OCoLC)878109100 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31603 035 $a(DE-B1597)526133 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813562209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1677576 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10864836 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600147 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001278106 100 $a20140511h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKids in the middle $ehow children of immigrants negotiate community interactions for their families /$fVikki S. Katz 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 225 1 $aRutgers Series in Childhood Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-6219-8 311 0 $a1-306-68896-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Children, Family, and Community --$t2. Settling in Greater Crenshaw --$t3. Child Brokers and Their Families --$t4. Community Begins at Home --$t5. Gateways to Family Wellbeing --$t6. Shortchanging the Immigrant Bargain? --$t7. Brokering and Its Consequences --$tAppendix: Challenges of Departure --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aComplicating the common view that immigrant incorporation is a top-down process, determined largely by parents, Vikki Katz explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Children's immersion in the U.S. school system and contact with mainstream popular culture enables them more quickly to become fluent in English and familiar with the conventions of everyday life in the United States. These skills become an important factor in how families interact with their local environments. Kids in the Middle explores children's contributions to the family strategies that improve communication between their parents and U.S. schools, healthcare facilities, and social services, from the perspectives of children, parents, and the English-speaking service providers that interact with these families via children's assistance. Katz also considers how children's brokering affects their developmental trajectories. While their help is critical to addressing short-term family needs, children's responsibilities can constrain their access to educational resources and have consequences for their long-term goals. Kids in the Middle explores the complicated interweaving of family responsibility and individual attainment in these immigrant families. Through a unique interdisciplinary approach that combines elements of sociology and communication approaches, Katz investigates not only how immigrant children connect their families with local institutional networks, but also how they engage different media forms to bridge gaps between their homes and mainstream American culture. Drawing from extensive firsthand research, Katz takes us inside an urban community in Southern California and the experiences of a specific community of Latino immigrant families there. In addition to documenting the often-overlooked contributions that children of immigrants make to their families' community encounters, the book provides a critical set of recommendations for how service providers and local institutions might better assist these children in fulfilling their family responsibilities. The story told in Kids in the Middle reveals an essential part of the immigrant experience that transcends both geographic and ethnic boundaries. 410 0$aRutgers series in childhood studies. 606 $aChildren of immigrants$zUnited States 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States 606 $aCommunities$zUnited States 606 $aFamilies$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren of immigrants 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aCommunities 615 0$aFamilies 676 $a305.9/069120973 700 $aKatz$b Vikki S.$01045959 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453586503321 996 $aKids in the middle$92475314 997 $aUNINA