Abstract
The social incorporation and identity construction of immigrants’ children have been well documented in many receiving countries in North America and in Europe (Kirszbaum, Brinbaum, Simon, & Gezer, 2009; Portes & Rumbaut, 2001; Rumbaut, 1994; Zanfrini & Asis, 2006). This is notably the case for the ‘second generation’, a group that comprises not only children born in the receiving country of their migrant parents, but also for children born in another country—the ‘1.5 generation’. Compared to the second generation, 1.5ers have been described in the literature as ‘academically’, ‘demographically’, and ‘linguistically partial’ (Benesch, 2008). This highlights the tendency to downplay the specificities of 1.5-generation migrants, who moved to their receiving country at the age of 18 or less, after spending part of their childhood or adolescence in their country of origin (Bartley & Spoonley, 2008; Lev Ari, 2011; Rumbaut & Ima, 1988). Their socialization in two different societies suggests that their individual trajectories are particularly complex; therefore, their experiences represent a fertile ground for understanding the agency and subjectivities of contemporary migrants.
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