Pride in the projects : teens building identities in urban contexts /
Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large mid-western city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it occurs within teens' local contexts, emphasizing the relationships within which identit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Qualitative studies in psychology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "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.