Coming of age in Jim Crow DC : navigating the politics of everyday life / Paula C. Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Paula C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American teenagers--Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--20th century.

African American teenagers.

African American teenagers--Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

African American teenagers--Washington (D.C.)--Interviews.

Poor teenagers--Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Poor teenagers.

Race discrimination--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

Race discrimination.

Local history.

Race relations.

History.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--History, Local.

Coming of age.

African American teenagers--Social conditions.

Poor teenagers--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Interviews.

Local history.

Physical Description:

vii, 197 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC explores the racial politics of everyday life in DC." --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"A chronic patient for the sociological clinic" : Interdisciplinarity and the production of sources

"'Course we know we ain't got no business there, but that's why we go in" : Racialized space and spatialized race

"I would carry a sign? : The politics of black adolescent personality

Development

"Right tight, right unruly? : Interiority and wish images

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479894994

1479894990

9781479808113

1479808113

OCLC:

1089839423