Inner-city kids : adolescents confront life and violence in an urban community / Alice McIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Alice, 1956-

Series:

Qualitative studies in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban youth--United States--Attitudes.

Urban youth.

Inner cities--United States.

Inner cities.

United States.

Social work with youth--United States.

Social work with youth.

Children and violence--United States.

Children and violence.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Urban teens of color are often portrayed as welfare mothers, drop outs, drug addicts, and both victims and perpetrators of the many kinds of violence which can characterize life in urban areas. Although urban youth often live in contexts which include poverty, unemployment, and discrimination, they also live with the everydayness of school, friends, sex, television, music, and other elements of teenage lives. Inner City Kids explores how a group of African American, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, and Haitian adolescents make meaning of and respond to living in an inner-city community. The book focuses on areas of particular concern to the youth, such as violence, educational opportunities, and a decaying and demoralizing urban environment characterized by trash, pollution, and abandoned houses. McIntyre's work with these teens draws upon participatory action research, which seeks to codevelop programs with study participants rather than for them, and exemp

Contents:

Participatory action research

Exploring community

Constructing meaning about violence

Community photography : visual stories by inner-city youth

Becoming somebody

Exploring racism, whiteness, and careers with urban youth

From dialogue to action

Making the road as we go.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0814756352

0814756360

OCLC:

44683385