Virginia Alex
Biographic Data
| ID | 6573930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Alex |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Alex |
| SIGNATURE | ALEX V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Brazil is my cousin, the U.S. has parks: Children’s construction of Brazil and the United States in a bilingual education program
Drawing from a 3-year ethnographic project in one elementary school in the United States, this article examines how a group of 43 first graders perceived and constructed Brazil and the U.S. during a drawing and writing activity in their bilingual (Portuguese-English) classroom. The majority of the participating children (81.4%) either migrated from Brazil to the U.S. or were born in the U.S. of Brazilian parents. Data analysis reveals that Brazil…
Exploring elasticity and shielding in the Catholic Church: Priests’ relationships with Latino worshippers
Examining the relationship between Catholic priests and Latino parishioners, we explored how five clergy understood their roles in easing the way for immigrants to the Boston area. Just as the Catholic Church welcomed European immigrants of an earlier period, priests believed that their parishes continued to embrace a newer wave of immigrants during a time when Latinos experienced heightened fear of deportation under the immigration policies that…
The United States and the border: Mexican children’s drawings of family separation
In the current age of border talk, border enforcement, and of draconian policies that further separate and break up families, children who remain in the country of origin are rarely asked what they understand the border and the United States to be like. Media vehicles and academic papers have reported the brutal effects of family separation at the border for children and families. In order to further understand how young children make sense of th…
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The United States and the border: Mexican children’s drawings of family separation
In the current age of border talk, border enforcement, and of draconian policies that further separate and break up families, children who remain in the country of origin are rarely asked what they understand the border and the United States to be like. Media vehicles and academic papers have reported the brutal effects of family separation at the border for children and families. In order to further understand how young children make sense of th…
Exploring elasticity and shielding in the Catholic Church: Priests’ relationships with Latino worshippers
Examining the relationship between Catholic priests and Latino parishioners, we explored how five clergy understood their roles in easing the way for immigrants to the Boston area. Just as the Catholic Church welcomed European immigrants of an earlier period, priests believed that their parishes continued to embrace a newer wave of immigrants during a time when Latinos experienced heightened fear of deportation under the immigration policies that…
Brazil is my cousin, the U.S. has parks: Children’s construction of Brazil and the United States in a bilingual education program
Drawing from a 3-year ethnographic project in one elementary school in the United States, this article examines how a group of 43 first graders perceived and constructed Brazil and the U.S. during a drawing and writing activity in their bilingual (Portuguese-English) classroom. The majority of the participating children (81.4%) either migrated from Brazil to the U.S. or were born in the U.S. of Brazilian parents. Data analysis reveals that Brazil…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works)