Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail
Susana S. Martínez’s Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail maps the contours of agency in young adult literature involving Latine/x migrant youth—a project that could not be timelier given anti-immigrant hostility, LGBTQ+ book bans, and intense scrutiny of how we teach about race. Martínez leads r...
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| description | Susana S. Martínez’s Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail maps the contours of agency in young adult literature involving Latine/x migrant youth—a project that could not be timelier given anti-immigrant hostility, LGBTQ+ book bans, and intense scrutiny of how we teach about race. Martínez leads readers chronologically and geographically from the 1980s Central American civil wars north through Mexico during the war on drugs to the recent experiences of those living undocumented in the United States, showing that YA is an ideal medium through which to tease out those stories of Central American migration that are often subsumed within Latine/x studies and to combat stereotypes of young migrants. Viewed through the lenses of intersectionality and racialized capitalism’s politics of disposability, the novels in question contribute to timely antiracist pedagogical discussions where youth emerge as catalysts for social change. By including non-Latinx authors who wrote about the Guatemalan and Salvadoran civil conflicts alongside authors from the Central American diaspora—Marcia Argueta Mickelson, Jennifer De Leon, and Bessie Flores Zaldívar among them—Martínez invites us to reflect on solidarity in contentious times. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1738582026-06-12T07:14:39Z Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail S. Martinez, Susana Children’s literature Central America Latinx Hispanic Ethnic studies Immigration Migration Unaccompanied Undocumented youth Detention Deportation Transmigration Social justice Testimonio Coming of age Middle grade Adolescence Diaspora Family separation Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Civil war Narcoviolence Indigenous Border security The Only Road Alexandra Diaz Jenny Torres Sanchez We Are Not From Here Borderless Brighter Than The Sun Dream Things True The Radius of Us Marie Marquardt Gaby Lost and Found Angela Cervantes Jonny Garza Villa Daniel Aleman Ernesto Cisneros Efren Divided Indivisible The Crossroads Santiago’s Road Home Land of the Cranes Aida Salazar Illegal Francisco X. Stork Ander & Santi Were Here The Secret of the Moon Conch David Bowles Guadalupe Garcia McCall The Weight of Everything thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSY Children’s and teenage literature studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration Susana S. Martínez’s Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail maps the contours of agency in young adult literature involving Latine/x migrant youth—a project that could not be timelier given anti-immigrant hostility, LGBTQ+ book bans, and intense scrutiny of how we teach about race. Martínez leads readers chronologically and geographically from the 1980s Central American civil wars north through Mexico during the war on drugs to the recent experiences of those living undocumented in the United States, showing that YA is an ideal medium through which to tease out those stories of Central American migration that are often subsumed within Latine/x studies and to combat stereotypes of young migrants. Viewed through the lenses of intersectionality and racialized capitalism’s politics of disposability, the novels in question contribute to timely antiracist pedagogical discussions where youth emerge as catalysts for social change. By including non-Latinx authors who wrote about the Guatemalan and Salvadoran civil conflicts alongside authors from the Central American diaspora—Marcia Argueta Mickelson, Jennifer De Leon, and Bessie Flores Zaldívar among them—Martínez invites us to reflect on solidarity in contentious times. 2026-03-19T14:21:41Z 2026-03-19T14:21:41Z 2026-03-16T16:07:52Z 2025 book ONIX_20260316T122832_9780814216026_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111717 9780814216026 9780814284490 9780814259658 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173858 eng Global Latin/o Americas open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111717/1/9780814216026.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111717/1/9780814216026.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111717/1/9780814216026.pdf The Ohio State University Press The Ohio State University Press 0be81b81-0c6f-4eac-8221-5b088f957a51 9780814216026 9780814284490 9780814259658 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 The Ohio State University Press 192 USA open access |
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