Pride in the projects : teens building identities in urban contexts / Nancy L. Deutsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deutsch, Nancy L.

Series:

Qualitative studies in psychology.

Qualitative studies in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology) in adolescence--United States--Case studies.

Identity (Psychology) in adolescence.

Urban youth--United States--Psychology--Case studies.

Urban youth.

Youth with social disabilities--United States--Psychology--Case studies.

Youth with social disabilities.

Interpersonal relations--United States--Case studies.

Interpersonal relations.

After-school programs--United States.

After-school programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc

Contents:

"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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

9780814720363

0814720366

9780814785218

0814785212

9788147203669

8147203667

OCLC:

779828337