Out of the Shadows: Testimonio as Civic Participation

This article draws from a 23-month ethnographic study of mixed-status families living in an emerging Latino/a community to examine 3 undocumented mothers' participation in the act of giving testimonio, or testimony. In this context, testimonio serves as a grassroots tactic for political advocac...

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Published in:Journal of Latinos and education 2015-10, Vol.14 (4), p.244-260
Main Author: Mangual Figueroa, Ariana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activism
Advocacy
Citizen Participation
Community Coordination
Community Study
Diaspora
Ethnography
Hearings
Hispanic Americans
languages
migration/transnationalism
Mothers
parent and community
Pennsylvania
Testimony
Undocumented Immigrants
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Summary:This article draws from a 23-month ethnographic study of mixed-status families living in an emerging Latino/a community to examine 3 undocumented mothers' participation in the act of giving testimonio, or testimony. In this context, testimonio serves as a grassroots tactic for political advocacy and community formation that compensates for and reacts against the limited opportunities for civic participation afforded noncitizens. The findings indicate that giving testimonio in both public and domestic settings constitutes a form of civic participation in which undocumented mothers actually attempt to move out of the shadows and into a more public domain.
ISSN:1534-8431
1532-771X
DOI:10.1080/15348431.2014.1000539