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Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood /

Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography--a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project--now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacLeod, Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009.
Edición:3rd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social immobility in the land of opportunity
  • Social reproduction in theoretical perspective
  • Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers
  • The influence of the family
  • The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers
  • School : preparing for the competition
  • Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll
  • Reproduction theory reconsidered
  • The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair
  • The Brothers : dreams deferred
  • Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e)
  • The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down
  • The Brothers : finally finding a foothold
  • Reproduction, redemption, and respect.