Young Migrants and Narratives of Belonging: Modes of Incorporation beyond Borders

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Published: Jul 10, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v29i58.470
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belonging borders modes of incorporation biographical narrative young people

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Susana VARGAS EVARISTO
Investigadora Posdoctorante (UNAM) Centro de Investigaciones Sobre América del Norte

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This article proposes the category of narrative constellation of belonging understood as a mode of incorporation, created based on the narrative connection produced by the children of farm workers settled in San Quintin Valley, Baja California, and Madera-Fresno, California. We propose a simultaneity of narratives of belonging among Mixtec, Zapotecan, and Triqui youth outside Mexico as the product of a common ethnic origin articulated against the backdrop of the market for agricultural labor, as a context of domination. We employ a qualitative methodology based on the compilation of fifty biographical narratives obtained from young people living on both sides of the border. The findings show the dilemma between deep (or ethnic) belonging and acquired (non-ethnic) belongings as a mechanism of incorporation in the receiving context.

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VARGAS EVARISTO, S. (2017). <strong>Young Migrants and Narratives of Belonging: Modes of Incorporation beyond Borders<strong>. Frontera Norte, 29(58), 47–70. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v29i58.470
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Vol. 29 No. 58 (2017): julio-diciembre, 2017
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Author Biography

Susana VARGAS EVARISTO, Investigadora Posdoctorante (UNAM) Centro de Investigaciones Sobre América del Norte

Susana Vargas es antropóloga social por la ENAH, maestra en Desarrollo Regional por EL COLEF, Tijuana. Obtuvo el grado de doctora en antropología por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, en colaboración con el Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la UNAM. Actualmente se desempeña como investigadora posdoctorante en el Centro de Investigaciones Sobre América del Norte, UNAM. Es especialista en estudios cualitativos y culturales. Ha impartido cursos de metodología y seminarios de tesis a nivel licenciatura y posgrado. Sus líneas de investigación versan sobre: Jóvenes procesos de discriminación y resistencia, Sentido de pertenencia entre poblaciones juveniles y migrantes, Estudios Culturales y feministas.  Cuenta con distintas publicaciones en revistas indizadas, capítulos de libro y reseñas a obras. Recientemente colaboró en una investigación con Niños y Adolescentes Centroamericanos No Acompañados, (ONU-ACNUR). C.e.: susana.vargas.e@gmail.com 

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