{"product_id":"the-documented-child-migration-personhood-and-citizenship-in-twenty-first-century-u-s-latinx-childrens-literature-paperback-softback-9780816554003","title":"The Documented Child; Migration, Personhood, and Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century U.S. Latinx Children's Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816554003","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Documented Child\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMigration, Personhood, and Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century U.S. Latinx Children's Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaya Socolovsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816554003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages, none\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 17.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“In this sweeping, exhaustive study of Latinx children’s and young adult literature, Maya Socolovsky explores how authors of youth literature contend with the ever-shifting nature of U.S. immigration policy and rhetoric. Exploring contradictory theories of personhood and legality, Socolovsky analyzes the urgent conditions under which undocumented children migrate and survive in the U.S. landscape.”—Cristina Herrera, co-author of \u003ci\u003eLatinx Teens: U.S. Popular Culture on the Page, Stage, and Screen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Documented Child \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully written and thoughtful examination of citizenship, nation, and migration in U.S. Latinx children’s literature. It offers brilliant and close analysis of a broad selection of texts that range from juvenile novels to chica lit to picture books. This study is essential.”—Phillip Serrato, contributor to \u003ci\u003eVoices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children’s Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eImmigration\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis at once a personal, immediate, and urgent issue that plays a central role in the United States’ perception of itself\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Documented Child\u003c\/i\u003e, scholar Maya Socolovsky demonstrates how the portrayal of Latinx children has shifted over the first two decades of the twenty-first century in literary texts aimed at children and young adults and looks at how these shifts map onto broader changes in immigration policy and discourse. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Through a critical inquiry into picture books and middle-grade and young adult literature, Socolovsky argues that the literary documentations of—and for—U.S. Latinx children have shifted over the decades, from an emphasis on hybrid transnationalism to that of a more American-oriented self. Socolovsky delves into texts written from 1997 to 2020, a period marked by tremendous changes in U.S. immigration policies, amplified discourses around nationhood, and an increasingly militarized border. The author shows how children’s and young adult books have shifted their depictions of the border, personal and national identity, and sovereignty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor students, scholars, and educators of Latinx studies and children’s literature, this work shows how the creators of children’s literature reflect new strategies for representing the undocumented Latinx child protagonist. While earlier books document the child as a transnational (sometimes global) subject, later books document her as both a transnational and U.S. national subject. \u003ci\u003eThe Documented Child\u003c\/i\u003e explores this change as a necessary survival strategy, reflecting current awareness that cultural hybridity and transnational identity are not sufficient stand-ins for the stability and security of legal personhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Documenting Latinx Children \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Material Literacies: Migration and Border Crossings in Pat Mora’\u003cbr\u003es TomÁ\u003cbr\u003es and the Library Lady, Luis \u003cbr\u003eJ. Rodriguez’\u003cbr\u003es AmÉ\u003cbr\u003erica Is Her Name, and Amada Irma PÉ\u003cbr\u003erez’\u003cbr\u003es My Diary from Here to There \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. “\u003cbr\u003eWhat Should We American Farmers Be Without the Distinct Possession of That Soil?”\u003cbr\u003e Homesteading and the Cultivation of Citizenship in Cynthia DeFelice’\u003cbr\u003es Under the Same Sky and Julia Alvarez’\u003cbr\u003es Return to Sender \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narratives of Shame and Healing: Tourism, Consumerism, and Solidarity in MalÍ\u003cbr\u003en AlegrÍ\u003cbr\u003ea’\u003cbr\u003es Sofi Mendoza’\u003cbr\u003es Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Borderland Ethics, Migrant Personhood, and the Critique of State Sovereignty in Jairo Buitrago’\u003cbr\u003es Two White Rabbits and JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e Manuel Mateo’\u003cbr\u003es Migrant: The Journey of a Mexican Worker \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Disappearance, Documentation, and Sovereignty in Alexandra Diaz’\u003cbr\u003es The Only Road and The Crossroads \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Dreamer Brand: Immigration, Storytelling, and Commodification in Alberto Ledesma’\u003cbr\u003es Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life and Maria Andreu’\u003cbr\u003es The Secret Side of Empty \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"The University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570057703704,"sku":"9780816554003","price":23.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-documented-child-migration-personhood-and-citizenship-in-twenty-first-century-u-s-latinx-childrens-literature-paperback-softback-9780816554003","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}