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Book Chapter
Publication Date
3-7-2024
Abstract
This qualitative study highlights the experiences of how five Latina immigrant mothers use their community cultural wealth (CCW) to settle in metro Atlanta. Data was generated over 3 years through semi-structured interviews. The participants’ testimonios collected from the interviews were deductively analyzed apriori by focusing on evidence of the six proposed elements of CCW revealed in their immigration stories. I found these women not only used the six components of CCW but also used what I term “communal capital”—the reliance on neighbors as cultivated through their relationships with strangers who lived in the same residential (apartment) dwellings. This study highlights the theory of communal capital as a tool that suggests how to research Latino immigrant communities in the United States.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1004589
Recommended Citation
Yrigollen-Robbins, M. (2024). Navigational Experiences of Five Mexican Immigrant Mothers in U.S. Schools: Introducing Communal Capital. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1004589.
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Originally published in Yrigollen-Robbins, M. (2024). Navigational Experiences of Five Mexican Immigrant Mothers in U.S. Schools: Introducing Communal Capital. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1004589.