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Migrant youth, criminalization, and everyday mobility in Buenos Aires

Bibliographic Data

ID2148155
AuthorsM Barbero (0000-0003-0084-0061, Florida International University, corresponding author), María V Barbero (Florida International University)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue9
Pages1618-1635
Publication date2020-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1649443
OpenAlexW2969136905
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

c) 2019, (c) 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Discourses of free movement and "open doors" circulate widely in official Argentine narratives about migration. In fact, some migrant youth cite more lenient Argentine policies as the reason they choose the country over global north contexts. Yet everyday mobility can become a complicated reality for migrant youth of colour who do not fit dominant constructions of Argentine nationhood which have historically centred around whiteness. This article looks at Latin American and African migrant youths' narratives about their presence and everyday mobility in Buenos Aires. It elucidates the ways in which markers of race, class, and nationality shape youths' encounters with state and non-state actors alike, often complicating their free movement throughout the city. Further, this article shows how migrant youth come to understand these realities as "normal", develop strategies to move about the city more freely, and challenge the exclusionary narratives that shape their lived experiences

Criminalization · Criminology · Immigration · Latin Americans · Narrative · Nationality · Political science · Precarity · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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