Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city /

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Austin, Texas, is renowned as a high-tech, fast-growing city for the young and creative, a cool place to live, and the scene of internationally famous events such as SXSW and Formula 1. But as in many American cities, poverty and penury are booming along with wealth and material abundance in contemp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Auyero, Javier (Editor )
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Marginality, Social > Texas > Austin.
Poor > Texas > Austin.
Minorities > Texas > Austin.
Pauvres > Texas > Austin.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Economic history
Marginality, Social
Minorities
Poor
Social conditions
Randgruppe
Minderheit
Armut
Soziale Situation
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Austin (Tex.) > Social conditions.
Austin (Tex.) > Economic conditions.
Texas > Austin
Austin, Tex.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : know them well /Javier Auyero
  • Austin, Texas, in sociohistorical context / Maggie Tate
  • Santos : the gold hunter / Jacinto Cuvi
  • Clarissa : "a woman who fell on hard times" / Kristine Kilanski
  • Inés : discipline, surveillance, and mothering in the margins / Jessica Dunning-Lozano
  • Chip : the cost(s) of chasing the American dream / Eric Enrique Borja
  • Raven : "the difference between a cocktail waitress and a stripper? Two weeks" / Caitlyn Collins
  • Kumar : driving in the nighttime / Katherine Jensen
  • Ethan : a product of the service industry / Katherine Sobering
  • Keith : a musician at the margins / Amias Maldonado
  • Xiomara : working toward home / Jennifer Scott
  • Ella : fighting to save a few / Pamela Neumann
  • Manuel : the luxury of defending yourself / Marcos Pérez
  • Afterword : plumbing the social underbelly of the dual city / Loïc Wacquant.

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