Kids in the Middle: How Children of Immigrants Negotiate Community Interactions for Their Families

by Vikki S. Katz

Book Overview

Complicating the common view that immigrant incorporation is a top-down process, determined largely by parents, Vikki Katz explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Children's immersion in the U.S. school system and contact with mainstream popular culture enables them more quickly to become fluent in English and familiar with the conventions of everyday life in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813562198
• ISBN13: 9780813562193
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary