The Socialization of Cabo Verdean Immigrant Youth in Urban America : : Family, School and Neighborhood Contexts / / Ambrizeth Helena Lima.

• Superior document: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change ; 12
• VerfasserIn: Lima, Ambrizeth Helena,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change ; 12.; Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 pages)
• Notes: Hear from the immigrant youth why they are doing well in their new country or why they are struggling to adapt and thrive! Explore the contexts that support their socialization and help them thrive academically, socially and emotionally!.

At the dawn of the new millennium, immigration means a new beginning for many Cabo Verdean youth who arrive in Boston, Massachusetts. This new generation of Cabo Verdeans, however, faces different sets of challenges—ranging from family separation and reunification, to emerging street violence, to “sweeps” that culminate in deportation. This book chronicles the journey of Cabo Verdean young men as they negotiate their feelings around family, school, and neighborhood contexts. Ambrizeth Helena Lima discusses in depth the factors within these contexts that compel some of the young men to thrive and succeed, and others to spiral into a cycle of violence and eventual deportation. Lima also shows the young men’s vulnerability in their urban neighborhoods, as one of them declares that in this journey “you’re on your own.” The young men in her book discuss their dreams, love for their family and culture, and the struggle to become “American.” As with other racialized immigrant youth from places as diverse as the Caribbean and South Asia, these young men face racial, ethnic, and gender stereotypes that are grounded in America’s white/black racial rationalization process. Their journey is marked with emotional and psychological upheaval as they strive to find a path that leads to the better life that America promised them.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Copyright page / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Dedication / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Preface / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Acknowledgments / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Introduction / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 1 Ethnohistorical Frameworks and Theoretical Lenses / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 2 Broken Families, Broken Hearts / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 3 Who Showed You Such a Distant Road? / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 4 Gender, Race and Ethnicity / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 5 Where Past and Present Intersect / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Chapter 6 Conclusion / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- References / Ambrizeth Helena Lima -- Index / Ambrizeth Helena Lima.