
Displaced once again: Honduran migrant children in the path of Katrina.
Author:
Ensor, M. O.
Editor:
First
Date:
2008
Region:
Central America
Theme:
Gender and Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Cincinnati
Full Harvard Reference:
Ensor, M. O. (2008). Displaced once again: Honduran migrant children in the path of Katrina. Children Youth and Environments 18(1), 280-302.
This paper explores the experiences of Honduran migrant children in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Honduras and New Orleans, the author examines the contribution of these young migrants to their families' survival strategies, including their participation in post-disaster reconstruction work. Findings counter dominant frameworks that pathologize the experience of disaster survivors, assuming their responses to be maladaptive, and conceptualize children as passive, dependent victims.