RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Undocumented to Hyperdocumented: A Jornada of Protection, Papers, and PhD Status
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 508
OP 521
DO 10.17763/haer.81.3.d84532vu27772424
VO 81
IS 3
A1 Chang, Aurora
YR 2011
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/81/3/508.abstract
AB In this personal essay, Aurora Chang describes her experience of hyperdocumentation—the effort to accrue awards, accolades, and eventually academic degrees to compensate for her undocumented status. In spite of her visible successes and naturalization,Chang still confronts the rage and intolerance of American "commonsense"beliefs about immigration. Her narrative questions the pursuit of documentation as a means to legitimacy and acceptance in American society.