Irene Bloemraad and Christine Trost
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520267541
- eISBN:
- 9780520948914
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520267541.003.0009
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
From March 10 to May 1, 2006, between 3.5 and 5 million people across the United States participated in immigrant rights rallies. Many of the faces in the crowd were those of children and ...
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From March 10 to May 1, 2006, between 3.5 and 5 million people across the United States participated in immigrant rights rallies. Many of the faces in the crowd were those of children and adolescents. This chapter discusses youth engagement and family political socialization during the spring 2006 immigrant rights protests. It builds on an emerging empirical and theoretical literature that shows how children influence parents’ political attitudes and activities, particularly in immigrant families. Drawing on early findings from the Immigrant Families’ Political Socialization Project, which conducted in-depth multigenerational interviews of Mexican-origin families in Richmond and Oakland, California, this chapter shows that the protests of spring 2006 mobilized large segments of the Mexican-origin population, both adults and youth. Thus, the protests were a family affair. Youth played an active and independent role in these mass mobilizations. This chapter focuses on intergenerational mobilization: the processes by which people acquired information, were spurred to participate, and joined in the protests because of family interactions.Less
From March 10 to May 1, 2006, between 3.5 and 5 million people across the United States participated in immigrant rights rallies. Many of the faces in the crowd were those of children and adolescents. This chapter discusses youth engagement and family political socialization during the spring 2006 immigrant rights protests. It builds on an emerging empirical and theoretical literature that shows how children influence parents’ political attitudes and activities, particularly in immigrant families. Drawing on early findings from the Immigrant Families’ Political Socialization Project, which conducted in-depth multigenerational interviews of Mexican-origin families in Richmond and Oakland, California, this chapter shows that the protests of spring 2006 mobilized large segments of the Mexican-origin population, both adults and youth. Thus, the protests were a family affair. Youth played an active and independent role in these mass mobilizations. This chapter focuses on intergenerational mobilization: the processes by which people acquired information, were spurred to participate, and joined in the protests because of family interactions.
Nicholas L. Syrett
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469629537
- eISBN:
- 9781469629551
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469629537.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
In 1926 Peaches and Daddy (Frances Heenan and Edward Browning) were married, becoming one of the biggest tabloid sensations of the 1920s. Separated in age by about 40 years, their marriage led to new ...
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In 1926 Peaches and Daddy (Frances Heenan and Edward Browning) were married, becoming one of the biggest tabloid sensations of the 1920s. Separated in age by about 40 years, their marriage led to new understandings of child marriage as a backdoor to illicit sex and to rumors of pedophilia. It also engergized a generation of reformers, feminists, and social workers, most notably Mary Ellen Richmond, who worked tirelessly to eliminate child marriage in language that placed the welfare of the child first. They worked on many fronts, targeting sexually active adolescents and immigrant families especially, despite the fact that native-born white and black girls and boys were more likely to marry as minors. Feminists in the National Woman’s Party also joined in the struggle, working to equalize the age of consent to marriage and the age of majority on the grounds of legal gender equality, not child protection.Less
In 1926 Peaches and Daddy (Frances Heenan and Edward Browning) were married, becoming one of the biggest tabloid sensations of the 1920s. Separated in age by about 40 years, their marriage led to new understandings of child marriage as a backdoor to illicit sex and to rumors of pedophilia. It also engergized a generation of reformers, feminists, and social workers, most notably Mary Ellen Richmond, who worked tirelessly to eliminate child marriage in language that placed the welfare of the child first. They worked on many fronts, targeting sexually active adolescents and immigrant families especially, despite the fact that native-born white and black girls and boys were more likely to marry as minors. Feminists in the National Woman’s Party also joined in the struggle, working to equalize the age of consent to marriage and the age of majority on the grounds of legal gender equality, not child protection.
