Undocumented Storytellers
Narrating the Immigrant Rights Movement
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 21 February 2019
- ISBN 9780190917166
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 155x231x15 mm
- Weight 318 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 5 halftones 0
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Short description:
Undocumented Storytellers offers a critical exploration of the ways undocumented immigrants harness the power of storytelling as a means of self-actualization, to mitigate the fear and uncertainty of life without legal status, and to advocate for immigration reform.
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Undocumented Storytellers offers a critical exploration of the ways undocumented immigrant activists harness the power of storytelling to mitigate the fear and uncertainty of life without legal status and to advocate for immigration reform. Sarah C. Bishop chronicles the ways young people uncover their lack of legal status experientially -- through interactions with parents, in attempts to pursue rites of passage reserved for citizens, and as audiences of political and popular media. She provides both theoretical and pragmatic contextualization as activist narrators recount the experiences that influenced their decisions to cultivate public voices.
Bishop draws from a mixed methodology of in-depth interviews with undocumented immigrants from eighteen unique nations of origin, critical-rhetorical ethnographies of immigrant rights events and protests, and narrative analysis of immigrant-produced digital media to interrogate the power and limitations of narrative activism. Autobiographical immigrant storytelling refutes mainstream discourse on immigration and reveals the determination of individuals who elsewhere have been vilified by stereotype and presupposition. Offering an unparalleled view into the ways immigrants' stories appear online, Bishop illuminates digital narrative strategies by detailing how undocumented storytellers reframe their messages when stories have unintended consequences. The resulting work provides broad insights into the role of strategic framing and autobiographical story-sharing in advocacy and social movements.
The book makes a useful contribution to the growing literature on undocumented youth in its inclusion of migrants from diverse nations, including not only Mexico and Central American countries but also Colombia, Bangladesh, South Korea, Philippines, and Hungary, among others. The use of an intersectional lens illustrates the multiple statuses and identities that shape migrant lives. Migrant storytellers challenge flat and exclusionary narratives about undocumented youth, including the "cookie cutter" portrayal of "successful" college students with high grades, which fails to address the limits of US immigration policy or the diversity of immigrant experiences. A chapter on storytelling in digital media demonstrates the ways this forum can break isolation and educate US-born citizens.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Inside Story
Chapter 2: Learning the Story for Myself: Growing Up Undocumented
Chapter 3: Taking Back the Microphone: Reclaiming the Story and Finding the Frame
Chapter 4: The Search for Connection Online
Chapter 5: In Pursuit of an Audience
Conclusion
