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Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the
Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association
of Hispanics in Higher Education How Latinx kids and their
undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy
Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angeles-and
behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making
these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada
shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers,
providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx
children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with
children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years
spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings
attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in
this occupation. She also highlights how these hardships can serve
to cement family bonds, develop empathy towards parents, encourage
hard work, and support children-and their parents-in their efforts
to make a living together in the United States. Kids at Work
provides a compassionate, up-close portrait of Latinx children,
detailing the complexities and nuances of family relations when
children help generate income for the household as they peddle the
streets of LA alongside their immigrant parents.
Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the
Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association
of Hispanics in Higher Education How Latinx kids and their
undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy
Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angeles-and
behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making
these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada
shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers,
providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx
children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with
children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years
spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings
attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in
this occupation. She also highlights how these hardships can serve
to cement family bonds, develop empathy towards parents, encourage
hard work, and support children-and their parents-in their efforts
to make a living together in the United States. Kids at Work
provides a compassionate, up-close portrait of Latinx children,
detailing the complexities and nuances of family relations when
children help generate income for the household as they peddle the
streets of LA alongside their immigrant parents.
To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has
focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor
markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies
such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment
industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to
work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of
these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported
for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex
dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic
uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of
citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities,
wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee,
Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, Hector R.
Cordero-Guzman, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonzalez,
Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung,
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Maria de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang,
George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Munoz, Bandana
Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle Tellez, and Maura
Toro-Morn.
To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has
focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor
markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies
such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment
industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to
work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of
these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported
for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex
dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic
uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of
citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities,
wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee,
Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, Hector R.
Cordero-Guzman, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonzalez,
Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung,
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Maria de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang,
George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Munoz, Bandana
Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle Tellez, and Maura
Toro-Morn.
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