Document Type
Article
Keywords
Critical Latinx Indigeneities, Guatemala, Indigenous youth, reintegration, returned migrant youth
Disciplines
Social Work
Abstract
This article examines the reintegration experiences of Indigenous migrant youth returned to Guatemala from the United States and Mexico, thereby filling a gap in extant literature. This qualitative study employed a critical ethnographic approach with reflexive thematic analysis of fieldwork and interviews with social service providers working with this population through the lens of Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Four major themes emerged: identity negotiation (subthemes being Indigenous identities and returned migrant identities), trauma and its consequences, institutional and internalized oppression, and decolonization. Implications for social work emphasize the importance of Indigenous and decolonizing approaches to social work.
Publication Title
International Social Work
Volume
65
Issue
4
Article Number
1025
Publication Date
2022
First Page
607
Last Page
621
DOI of Published Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872820906874
Language
English
Peer Reviewed
1
Recommended Citation
Scarnato, Jenn Miller, "Returning to their roots: Examining the reintegration experiences of returned Indigenous migrant youth in Guatemala" (2022). Social Service Faculty Publications. 25.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/gss_facultypubs/25
Version
Published
Creative Commons License
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