Undocumented Critical Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlos Aguilar (0009-0001-8232-2593) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 152-160 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708618817911 |
| OpenAlex | W2905419848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 43 |
Despite an increasing body of literature on undocumented immigrants and an improved access to academia by DACAdemics and undocumented scholars, the need for theories about undocumented experiences in the United States persists. In this article, I introduce the central tenets of a developing theory that I call Undocumented Critical Theory (UndocuCrit). Rooted in Critical Race Theory (CRT), Latina/o Critical Theory (LatCrit), and Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit), UndocuCrit introduces the lens to better understand the nuanced and liminal experiences that characterize undocumented communities in the United States. Although this initial rendering focuses on the experiences of Mexican immigrants and individuals of Mexican descent, UndocuCrit exhorts DACAdemics and undocumented scholars to contribute to this emerging framework by applying it to their experiences and those of other undocumented communities. As a theoretical framework, UndocuCrit challenges an immigrant binary rhetoric as well as embarking on a journey toward social justice and the empowerment of our communities
Critical race theory · Critical theory · Empowerment · Immigration · Liminality · Linguistics · Political science · Race (biology · Rhetoric · Sociology · Anthropology · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies · Law
A Sense of Belonging
Navigating Intersectional Failures
An UndocuCrit Analysis of New Jersey Higher Education Leaders’ Statements of Support for Undocumented Students
Whose Knowledge Heals? Transforming Teaching in the Struggle for Health Equity
Transborder DisCrit
The Wretched of the Research
A Call for New Frameworks to Capture Latinx Immigrant Young Adults’ Racialized Educational Experiences in the United States
“Denying America”
Situational Variability and Fluidity in Acculturation
Critical Incidences in U.S. Health Care Systems Experienced by Undocumented Young Adults
“I hate being called a Dreamer … but”
(Un)studied vulnerability
Cultivating Ethical and Politically Rooted Research Practices With Undocumented Migrants
We Are More Than Paperless People
The politics of language
Redefining Futures
Notes from the Trail of Dreams
Traerás tus Documentos (you will bring your documents)
We are friends? Navigating relationships with undocumented college students as co-researchers in participatory action research
Avowing as healing in qualitative inquiry
I used to be one of them”
I’ve never cried with a stranger before”
The Story of Daca as Told by Friends of the Court
Antiracist activism for immigrant rights and healthy coping
To choose not to be included
A Critical Knowledge Praxis Framework for Educational Policymakers and Practitioners
Citizenship’s Insular Cases, from Ancient Greece and Rome to Puerto Rico
Cabecitas Blancas
Crossing the immigration and race border
Critical Race Theory
The Effect of Fear on Access to Care Among Undocumented Latino Immigrants
Networks of Passing
The Colonizer/Colonized Chicana Ethnographer
Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth
Unapologetic and unafraid”
Fear of Immigration Enforcement Among Older Latino Immigrants in the United States
Navigating the Waves of Social and Political Capriciousness
Constrained Inclusion
I Can’t Go to College Because I Don’t Have Papers”
Model (undocumented) minorities and “illegal” immigrants
U.S. immigration policy and family separation
On the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Tales of survival 101 for undocumented Latina/o immigrant university students
Navigating Daca in Hospitable and Hostile States
The Spillover Consequences of an Enforcement-First U.S. Immigration Regime
Segmented pathways of illegality
Dreamers Unbound
Examining Transformational Resistance Through a Critical Race and Latcrit Theory Framework
Growing Up in the Shadows
Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education
Suspending Damage
Learning to Be Illegal
A New Political Generation
Silencing to Give Voice
Conceptualizing Semi-Legality in Migration Research
Legal Consciousness of Undocumented Latinos
No Place to Belong
Patterns of Incorporation of Latinos in Old and New Destinations
Becoming Dacamented
The Burden of Deportation on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families
Awakening to a Nightmare
Legal Violence
Liminal Legality
| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |