Humor in Father–Daughter Immigration Narratives of Resistance. (26th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gallo, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Anthropology & education quarterly. Volume 47:Number 3(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 279
• Page End: 296
• Publication Date: 2016-07-26
• Subjects: Counternarratives -- fathers -- immigration -- Latino -- humor; Educational anthropology -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Anthropologie et éducation -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 306.43
• DOI: 10.1111/aeq.12156
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-7761

Abstract

Abstract : This article draws from an ethnography on Mexican immigrant fathers and their children to examine humor in immigration narratives as acts of resistance. The analysis focuses on the devices employed by a father and daughter during their everyday talk and co‐narration of an incident with police officers. Findings illustrate how the form and content of fathers' pedagogies of the home, including the strategic use of humor, prepare children to combat discrimination based on documentation status.