Explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Kids in the Middle explores children's contributions to the family strategies that improve communication between their parents and US schools, healthcare facilities, and social services, from the perspectives of children, parents, and the English-speaking service providers that interact with these families via children's assistance.
Explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Kids in the Middle explores children's contributions to the family strategies that improve communication between their parents and US schools, healthcare facilities, and social services, from the perspectives of children, parents, and the English-speaking service providers that interact with these families via children's assistance.
VIKKI S. KATZ is an assistant professor of communication at Rutgers University. Her research explores the communication challenges immigrant Latino families face as they integrate into U.S. society. She is also co-author of Understanding Ethnic Media: Producers, Consumers, and Societies (2011).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 Children, Family and Community 2 Settling in Greater Crenshaw 3 Child Brokers and Their Families 4 Community Begins at Home 5 Gateways to Wellbeing 6 Shortchanging the Immigrant Bargain? 7 Brokering and Its Consequences Appendix: Challenges of Departure Notes References Index
List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 Children, Family and Community 2 Settling in Greater Crenshaw 3 Child Brokers and Their Families 4 Community Begins at Home 5 Gateways to Wellbeing 6 Shortchanging the Immigrant Bargain? 7 Brokering and Its Consequences Appendix: Challenges of Departure Notes References Index
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