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Pride in the Projects : Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts.

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 exper...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Deutsch, Nancy L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2008.
Colección:Qualitative studies in psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780814785218
0814785212