Dangerous or Endangered? : Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America.
How do you tell the difference between a "good kid" and a "potential thug"? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as endangered and in need of protection by the state. Tilton...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | How do you tell the difference between a "good kid" and a "potential thug"? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as endangered and in need of protection by the state. Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation's most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship and the state in contemporary America. As parents and neighbo. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814784273 0814784275 9780814783313 0814783317 |