ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. Using autobiographical narratives, this article explores the experience and role of childhood immigration in the ongoing construction of self-identity. A variety of border-crossings are considered in the child’s journey from cultural marginalization to acculturation into American society. Continuing feelings of displacement and loss into adulthood—common tropes in adult narratives—are then examined, as are immigrants’ efforts to creatively address aspects of a hybrid identity, 92e.g., via “return trips” to the homeland or through the deployment of a double vision in the interest of social and political inclusiveness. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress. com> © 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
