Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century

Our analysis is structured around three conceptual pillars–migration, contemporary history, and microhistory–as we examine two literary texts that, from different continents, explore the lived experiences of children and young people migrating alone toward their destinations. Through a comparative s...

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Autor principal: Guidotti, Marina
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2025
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migrant narratives
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narrativas migrantes
intrahistoria
archivo
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724
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spelling I48-R154-article-87242025-10-16T23:18:57Z Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century Historias en tránsito. Narrativas migrantes de niños y jóvenes solos en el siglo XXI Guidotti, Marina migrant narratives microhistory archive narrativas migrantes intrahistoria archivo Our analysis is structured around three conceptual pillars–migration, contemporary history, and microhistory–as we examine two literary texts that, from different continents, explore the lived experiences of children and young people migrating alone toward their destinations. Through a comparative study of Desierto sonoro (2019), by Valeria Luiselli, and Buscar la vida. Crónica de los niños migrantes atrapados en Melilla (2020), by Sabela González and José Bautista, we explore the economic, historical, political, and cultural forces that drive migration, while also foregrounding familial, social, and emotional aspects surrounding child migration, as depicted in the texts. Furthermore, in line with Jelin’s (2002) framework of the social dimensions of memory, we investigate how migrants’ individual memories reflect values, cultural traits, and communal practices that reinforce their sense of belonging. These narratives–marked by their generic hybridity–not only denounce inequality, violence, and indifference faced by their protagonists, but also, in confronting the official archive with traditionally silenced voices, build a counter-narrative that reclaims agency for subjects historically relegated to the margins, echoing Foucault’s ([1969] 2002) concept of the archive. Nuestro análisis se vertebra sobre tres ejes –migración, historia presente e intrahistoria– en dos textos literarios que, en diferentes continentes, abordan las realidades de niños y jóvenes migrantes que se desplazan solos hacia sus lugares de destino. A través de un estudio comparativo entre Desierto sonoro (2019), de Valeria Luiselli, y Buscar la vida. Crónica de los niños migrantes atrapados en Melilla (2020), de Sabela González y José Bautista, examinamos los factores económicos, históricos, políticos y culturales que se constituyen en motores para migrar, a la vez que destacamos aspectos familiares, sociales y emocionales que los textos visibilizan en torno a la migración infantil. Asimismo, en consonancia con los planteamientos de Jelin (2002) sobre los marcos sociales de la memoria, analizamos la presencia en las memorias individuales de los migrantes de valores, rasgos culturales y prácticas comunitarias que refuerzan su sentido de pertenencia al grupo. Estas narrativas, caracterizadas por su hibridez genérica, no solo denuncian las desigualdades, la violencia y la indiferencia que enfrentan sus protagonistas, sino que, al confrontar el archivo oficial con voces tradicionalmente silenciadas, según la noción foucaultiana de archivo (Foucault, [1969] 2002), construyen una contranarrativa que otorga agencia a sujetos históricamente marginados. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2025-10-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/zip text/xml text/html https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724 10.30972/clt.278724 Cuadernos de Literatura; No. 27 (2025): Septiembre Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 27 (2025): Septiembre Cuadernos de Literatura; n. 27 (2025): Septiembre 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724/8361 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724/8362 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724/8363 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8724/8400 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
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author Guidotti, Marina
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title Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
title_short Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
title_full Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
title_fullStr Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
title_full_unstemmed Stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
title_sort stories in transit: migrant narratives of children and young adults alone in the 21st century
description Our analysis is structured around three conceptual pillars–migration, contemporary history, and microhistory–as we examine two literary texts that, from different continents, explore the lived experiences of children and young people migrating alone toward their destinations. Through a comparative study of Desierto sonoro (2019), by Valeria Luiselli, and Buscar la vida. Crónica de los niños migrantes atrapados en Melilla (2020), by Sabela González and José Bautista, we explore the economic, historical, political, and cultural forces that drive migration, while also foregrounding familial, social, and emotional aspects surrounding child migration, as depicted in the texts. Furthermore, in line with Jelin’s (2002) framework of the social dimensions of memory, we investigate how migrants’ individual memories reflect values, cultural traits, and communal practices that reinforce their sense of belonging. These narratives–marked by their generic hybridity–not only denounce inequality, violence, and indifference faced by their protagonists, but also, in confronting the official archive with traditionally silenced voices, build a counter-narrative that reclaims agency for subjects historically relegated to the margins, echoing Foucault’s ([1969] 2002) concept of the archive.
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