The Social Construction of Latino Childhood in the New South

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dc.contributor.authorStraubhaar, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorPortes, Pedro R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-19T15:47:48Z
dc.date.available2019-07-19T15:47:48Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractChildhood in the United States, and in the American South more particularly, has several well-known and popularized constructions, typically divided by social class and ethnic identity. More specifically, Southern childhood is constructed as an either white or black experience, with one’s social world being extremely ethnically segregated in either case. Over the last several decades, as a post-NAFTA immigration boom has brought several generations of Latinos into the American South (in part because of these shifting demographics, the area is now often called the “New South”), this bifurcated popular conceptualization of childhood has been disrupted by the growing presence of Latino children in Southern schools and communities. Building upon Vygotsky’s premise that identity (including ethnic identity) is constructed through a cultural-historical lens, we here use the nascent literature on Latino education in the New South to outline an initial construction of Southern Latino childhood.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in Global Studies of Childhood.
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dc.format.extent22 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationStraubhaar, R., & Portes, P. R. (2017). The social construction of Latino childhood in the New South. Global Studies of Childhood, 7(3), pp. 266-277.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2043610616671068
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8340
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.sourceGlobal Studies of Childhood, 2017, Vol 7, No. 3, pp. 266-277.
dc.subjectchildhood
dc.subjectAmerican South
dc.subjectschooling
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectLatinos/as
dc.titleThe Social Construction of Latino Childhood in the New South
dc.typeArticle

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