Title: The succeeders : how immigrant youth are transforming what it means to belong in America /
Authors: Flores, Andrea, 1983-
Year: 2021
Subjects: Hispanic American youth Tennessee Nashville Social conditions.; Hispanic American youth Education Tennessee Nashville.; Immigrant youth Tennessee Nashville Social conditions.; Hispanic American youth Education; Hispanic American youth Social conditions; Immigrant youth Social conditions; Tennessee Nashville
Abstract: "This book--a story of social reproduction and change--illustrates how the larger ideological struggles over who belongs in this country, who is valuable, and who is an American are worked out by young people through their everyday acts of striving in school and caring for friends and family. It uses the experiences of everyday high schoolers, some undocumented and some from families with mixed legal standing, to understand the roles that education and a broad definition of achievement play in shaping how young people, who are today the focus of xenophobic ire, come to understand their national identity and sense of belonging to the United States"--
Contents: Introduction : "Be somebody" : the stakes of academic achievement -- City of success : living and learning in Music City -- Mowing the lawn and getting pregnant : Latinidad and educational exceptionalism -- "Your story is your ticket" : becoming a moral minority and reproducing exclusion -- "Their name is also written on my diploma" : striving for parental inclusion -- "Education with her family" : caring for siblings and redefining success -- Somos una familia : transforming belonging and making friends into family -- Conclusion : graduations.