Children of Immigration by Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
Posted by readingglobalization on April 21, 2009
This book is significantly different than the other books I have discussed on this blog so far. One of the themes that we discuss in the seminar is immigration and this book examines the experience of immigrant children and their impact on American society as well as society’s impact on them. Children of Immigration by Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/SUACHI.html breaks new ground in presenting research on the diverse experience of immigrant children from multiple perspectives. This book examines the factors that seem to contribute to divergent pathways of adaptation, particularly in school, for immigrant children. It also presents a re-thinking of the idea of acculturation. Both authors teach at New York University, where they serve as co-directors of Immigration Studies at NYU, and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco also serves as co-director of Institute for Globalization and Education. I have provided a link to their Institute in the links section of the blog. I serve as the executive director of a youth education program that serves middle and high school students, many of whom are immigrants, and I found this book to be particularly relavant to my work with my students as well as to my understanding of the impact of globalization.
