UID:
almafu_9959242849602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (288 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780814720363
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0814720366
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9780814785218
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0814785212
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9788147203669
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8147203667
Serie:
Qualitative studies in psychology
Inhalt:
Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc
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"There are birds in the projects": understanding the ecology of adolescent development in urban America -- "I give people a lot of respect": the self in interpersonal relationships -- "I never thought kids would look up to someone like me": Lorenzo's story -- "I can't act ghetto in the ghetto no more": self, society, and social categories -- "I've never seen any dark-skinned girls in videos": Nicole's story -- "I can't lose to no girl, man": the gendered self -- "Manly, take charge, the head man, the king": John's story -- "If I never came here I'd be irresponsible, like a little kid": after-school programs as sites of development and identity construction.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8147-1991-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8147-1992-9
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Case studies
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Fallstudiensammlung
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9780814785218
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