Exiled Home: Salvadoran Transnational Youth in the Aftermath of Violence

by Susan Bibler Coutin

Book Overview

In Exiled Home , Susan Bibler Coutin recounts the experiences of Salvadoran children who migrated with their families to the United States during the 1980-1992 civil war. Because of their youth and the violence they left behind, as well as their uncertain legal status in the United States, many grew up with distant memories of El Salvador and a profound sense of disjuncture in their adopted homeland. Through interviews in both countries, Coutin examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822361639
• ISBN13: 9780822361633
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"