Sounding for cool / Donald Morrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrill, Donald, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group homes for youth--United States--Case studies.

Group homes for youth.

At-risk youth--Rehabilitation--United States--Case studies.

At-risk youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sounding for Cool is about self-transformation, about growing up on one's own as a product of contemporary America, and about how to become not just a man, but a contributing adult in society. Donald Morrill presents the day-to-day lives of seven young men (white, black, Hispanic, immigrant, middle-class, thick-headed, poor, and smart), who for various reasons are experiencing homelessness. Placed in a Transitional Living Program facility (TLP) by the courts, these men must learn to navigate in the world of "normal" values and reasonable rules. Streetwise and callow, trained to seek s

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Ch. 1; Ch. 2; Ch. 3; Ch. 4; Ch. 5; Ch. 6; Ch. 7; Ch. 8; Ch. 9; Ch. 10; Ch. 11; Ch. 12; Ch. 13; Ch. 14; Ch. 15; Ch. 16; Ch. 17; Ch. 18; Ch. 19; Ch. 20; Ch. 21; Ch. 22; Ch. 23; Ch. 24

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781609172800

1609172809

OCLC:

301395769