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The Cost of Safety: Central American Young People's Notions of Home

The Cost of Safety: Central American Young People's Notions of Home

Carranza, Mirna
Callahan, Manuel

Paperback

Series: Latinx Studies

Immigration & RefugeesSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1915734118
ISBN13: 9781915734112
Publisher: Lived Places
Published: Dec 10 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

As coloniality intensifies across the globe, young people are increasingly forced into the diaspora. The Cost of Safety provides critical insight into young people's experiences of circular migration and translocal living while searching for safety in Canada.

Mirna Carranza argues the act of resettlement amidst experiences of racism and exclusion is one of agency: a new era of migration. This study details the challenges encountered by migrants, paying particular attention to how young people negotiate their notions of home while simultaneously negotiating their life developmental stages. Separated from family and everything that gave meaning to their lives, how can individuals experience the culture, relationships, and languages of home, without physically returning? Young people are creating their own forms of social reproduction and transnational identities that contribute to 'home', both in Canada and in Central America.

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