Raised up down yonder : growing up black in rural Alabama / Angela McMillan Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Angela McMillan.

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American youth--Alabama--Hamilton--Social conditions.

African American youth.

African American youth--Education--Alabama--Hamilton.

Hamilton (Ala.)--Social conditions.

Hamilton (Ala.).

Hamilton (Ala.)--Rural conditions.

Hamilton (Ala.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

Summary:

Raised Up Down Yonder attempts to shift focus away from why black youth are ""problematic"" to explore what their daily lives actually entail. Howell travels to the small community of Hamilton, Alabama, to investigate what it is like for a young black person to grow up in the contemporary rural South. What she finds is that the young people of Hamilton are neither idly passing their time in a stereotypically languid setting, nor are they being corrupted by hip hop culture and the perils of the urban North, as many pundits suggest. Rather, they are dynamic and diverse young people making their

Contents:

Rooted in kin

Descendants of a first choice school

Educated at the last chance school

Reproducing misfortune through mess

Resistance and spirituality

Not just down yonder.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62103-976-5

1-61703-881-4

OCLC:

842337757