ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how young people of Latin American descent living in the north of England negotiate sameness and belonging within a context of socio-cultural invisibility. It argues that these young people, who are characterised by a diversity of marked and unmarked embodiments, use invisibility strategies in order to navigate the visual regime of ethno-cultural difference which characterises their integration context. With these strategies, they either reproduce notions of sameness or enact forms of cultural diversity to gain membership to the places where they live. The chapter explores ways in which the issues of visibility and invisibility have been discussed in literature regarding the senses of identity and belonging of migrant and minority ethnic children and young people. It presents a case-study of Latin American families in the north of England and details of how it was done. It discusses how young participants make use of invisibility in order to negotiate sameness and belongings in the places where they live.
