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Navigating “illegality”: Undocumented youth & oppositional consciousness

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  • Negrón-Gonzales, Genevieve

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In recent years, a vibrant political movement has emerged, led by a sector previously thought to be too vulnerable to engage in public protest-undocumented youth. This article explores the experiences of undocumented youth and their emergent activism. I posit that growing up within the context of dominant discourses regarding immigration in a moment marked by a re-entrenchment of borders and citizenship shapes not only the lived experiences, but also the political consciousness of many undocumented young people. Drawing on 18months of ethnographic research with undocumented Latino youth activists in California, this article argues that oppositional consciousness is forged through the constant navigation of “illegality”. I examine two sites upon which this navigation takes place – the negotiation of fear and shame and the navigation of the exclusion – and explore the way in which negotiation of “illegality” in these sites of daily life contributes to the development of an oppositional consciousness.

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  • Negrón-Gonzales, Genevieve, 2013. "Navigating “illegality”: Undocumented youth & oppositional consciousness," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(8), pages 1284-1290.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:35:y:2013:i:8:p:1284-1290
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.016
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