As societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants-who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category-have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants: Seen but Not Heard addresses this lapse by presenting analyses of child refugees and migrants. This comprehensive overview considers the challenges facing young migrants and refugees through richly varied academic perspectives that integrate communication, media studies, journalism, sociology, criminology, cultural studies, international relations, and public policy. Employing diverse theoretical and methodological lenses, this collection addresses the sociopolitical and cultural exigencies prompted by child migrants and refugees, engaging a range of academic and policy discussions. Relevant to scholars and policymakers alike, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants is an integral and foundational text to explore this relatively unchartered region of immigration research.
Contents Acknowledgements Preface: Sustaining the Fleeting Public Image of the Child Migrant Otto Santa Ana Introduction: The Child Migrant in Interdisciplinary Context Mary Grace Antony and Ryan J. Thomas I-Representations Chapter 1-Passive Aggression: Visualizing the Affect of Child Migration Alexa M. Dare Chapter 2-Containing the Power of Child Migrant Imagery, the Domestication of Alan Kurdi's Public Memories, and the Securitization of the EU's Migrant "Crisis" Marouf Arif Hasian and Stephanie Marek Muller Chapter 3-Discourses of Compassion? British Newspapers and the Alan Kurdi Image Ryan J. Thomas, Kimberly Kelling, J. David Wolfgang, and Keith Greenwood II-Perspectives Chapter 4-Family, Identity, and Home: Retrospective Narratives of Child Immigrants Linda D. Manning and Heather L. Bridges Chapter 5-Indefinite Detention: Unaccompanied Children at the Southwest Border Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman Chapter 6-"About a Thousand Students Were Killed:" Unpacking 1988 Uprising Survivor Narratives M. Gail Hickey III-Resettlement Chapter 7-Examining Predictive Factors of Positive Child Migration Reception Tara Suwinyattichaiporn and Zac D. Johnson Chapter 8-From DREAMers to DACAdemics: A la Escuela sin Pasaporte Carlos Aguilar, Raquel R. Marquez and Harriett D. Romo Chapter 9-Not the Last Resort: Variation in the Practice of Detention of Unaccompanied Minors across the European Union Julia Khrebtan-Hoerhager and Iuliia Kononenko Chapter 10-Where Do We Go from Here? Recommendations to Facilitate the Cultural Adaptation of Child Migrants Mary Grace Antony Conclusion: Looking Forward Ryan J. Thomas and Mary Grace Antony About the Editors and Contributors
