The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America

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Andrea Flores

The Succeeders

How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America

Andrea Flores

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University of California Press
07 September 2021

Archaeology

Series: California Series in Public Anthropology

A powerful and challenging look at what “success” and belonging mean in America, through the eyes of Latino high schoolers striving toward community- and care-focused futures.

This book challenges dominant representations of the so-called American Dream, those “patriotic” narratives that focus on personal achievement as the way to become an American. This narrative misaligns with the lived experience of many first- and second-generation Latino immigrant youth who thrive because of the nurture of their loved ones. A story of social reproduction and change, The Succeeders illustrates how ideological struggles over who belongs in this country, who is valuable, and who is an American are worked out by young people through their ordinary acts of striving in school and caring for friends and family.

In this eye-opening ethnography of education, Andrea Flores examines the experiences of everyday high school student, some undocumented, some citizen, and some from families with mixed legal status. She tracks how the Succeeders—Latino immigrant-origin youth in a Tennessee college access program—leverage educational success toward national belonging for themselves, their family, friends, and community. Succeeders strive not for personal gain but because they are committed to reinvesting in their communities and expanding their capacity to care for extended families and friends. These young people come to redefine national belonging in the United States by both conforming to and contesting the myth of an American identity rooted in individual betterment. Despite being the focus of xenophobic ire, the Succeeders challenge the boundaries of national inclusion. Their efforts demonstrate that meaningful national belonging can be based in our actions of caring for others. Ultimately, The Succeeders emphasizes the vital role that immigrants play throughout the United States in strengthening the social fabric of society, helping communities everywhere to thrive.

By: Andrea Flores
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 53
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520376854
ISBN 10: 0520376854
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 07 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. ""Be Somebody"": The Stakes of Academic Achievement Part I Contexts of Belonging 1. City of Success: Living and Learning in Music City Part II Learning to Belong 2. Mowing the Lawn and Getting Pregnant: Latinidad and Educational Exceptionalism 3. ""Your Story Is Your Ticket"": Becoming a Moral Minority and Reproducing Exclusion Part III Unlearning to Belong 4. ""Their Name Is Also Written on My Diploma"":Striving for Parental Inclusion 5. ""Education with Her Family"": Caring for Siblings and Redefining Success 6. Somos Una Familia: Transforming Belonging and Making Friends into Family Conclusion. Graduations Appendix: The Succeeders Program Notes References Index"

Andrea Flores is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Education at Brown University. Her work has been published in leading anthropology journals, including American Ethnologist, American Anthropologist, and Anthropology and Education Quarterly.

Reviews for The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America

"""Through its focus on Latinx youth in the South, The Succeeders makes a much-needed contribution to studies on Latinx communities, immigration, and education."" * CHOICE * ""Flores skillfully presents a regional landscape of how Latina/o students currently experience belonging and through their critiques incite us to consider what belonging could be."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"