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INFLUENCE OF TRAJECTORY AND AGENCY ON STRATEGIES OF INCORPORATION AND IDENTITY OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF NEW LIFE HIGH SCHOOL

Casaperalta Velazquez, Edyael Del Carmen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187742144

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, International Studies - Latin America.
This thesis shifts the hegemonic assimilationist framework used to research and theorize immigrant youth incorporation and identity development to focus on the experience of the immigrant, the immigration trip, and his/her agency. Using Feminist of Color Thought and Social Identity Theory, it theorizes immigrant identity as multifaceted, constantly negotiated, and fluid. In doing so, it introduces, trajectory as a research concept, redefines agency as the decision-making and negotiation power of immigrant youth, and tests the influence both have on the strategies of incorporation and identity of immigrant youth at New Life High School. This thesis seeks to deconstruct the image of powerless immigrant youth by highlighting their power to decide and negotiate their incorporation and identity in the host country, and to create resistance, resiliency, and hope from challenging situations.
Hector Perla (Advisor)
139 p.
immigrant youth identity; immigrant youth; immigrant identity; feminist of color thought; immigration studies; social identity theory; Rio Grande Valley

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  • Casaperalta Velazquez, E. D. C. (2007). INFLUENCE OF TRAJECTORY AND AGENCY ON STRATEGIES OF INCORPORATION AND IDENTITY OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF NEW LIFE HIGH SCHOOL [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187742144

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Casaperalta Velazquez, Edyael. INFLUENCE OF TRAJECTORY AND AGENCY ON STRATEGIES OF INCORPORATION AND IDENTITY OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF NEW LIFE HIGH SCHOOL. 2007. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187742144.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Casaperalta Velazquez, Edyael. "INFLUENCE OF TRAJECTORY AND AGENCY ON STRATEGIES OF INCORPORATION AND IDENTITY OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF NEW LIFE HIGH SCHOOL." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1187742144

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